Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A jet engine in which air intake and combustion occur intermittently, producing rapid periodic bursts of thrust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
valved jet engine wherecombustion occurs inpulses , as used in theV-1 flying bomb
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Examples
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While turbojets may have replaced the venerable pulsejet in most applications, this Kiwi hobbyist has latched onto the pulsejet as a simple and hyper-cool design for building his own jet-propelled go-karts.
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Here's a simple jet engine -- a pulsejet -- that you can make out of a jam jar in an afternoon.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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Buy your pulsejet engine now on eBay for $1200, or make a lowball offer and spend the rest on life insurance.
Gizmodo 2009
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