| jet engine n. 1. An engine that develops thrust by ejecting a jet, especially a jet of gaseous combustion products. 2. An engine that obtains the oxygen needed from the atmosphere, used especially to propel aircraft and distinguished from rocket engines having self-contained fuel-oxidizer systems. |   liquid propellant ramjet engine |
jet engine
Noun
an aircraft engine that uses jet propulsion for forward motion
| jet engine An engine, generally a gas turbine, that develops thrust from a jet of hot gases produced by burning fuel in a combustion chamber. |
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| Noun | 1. |  jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsionfanjet engine, turbofan engine, turbojet engine, turbojet, turbofan, fan-jet, fanjet - a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet, ramjet engine - a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed reaction engine, reaction-propulsion engine - a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream rocket engine, rocket - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion rotor - rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine" flame-out - the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion |
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