noun
a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
• Syn: ↑fanjet, ↑fan-jet, ↑fanjet engine, ↑turbojet, ↑turbofan, ↑turbofan engine
• Hypernyms: ↑jet engine
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑afterburner, ↑gas turbine
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nounEtymology: turbo- + jet + engine
: an airplane propulsion system in which the power developed by a turbine is used to drive a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner pass through the turbine and thence to a rearward-directed thrust-producing exhaust nozzle
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a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
[1940-45]
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noun, pl ⋯ -gines [count]
: a type of powerful jet engine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.