jet engine

  • 1jet engine — jet engines N COUNT A jet engine is an engine in which hot air and gases are forced out at the back. Jet engines are used for most modern aircraft …

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  • 2jet engine — noun count a type of engine that combines air and burning fuel to create power for a JET airplane …

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  • 3jet engine — ► NOUN ▪ an aircraft engine which provides thrust by ejecting a high speed jet of gas obtained by burning fuel in air …

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  • 4jet engine — n. an engine for aircraft, ships, etc., operating on the principle of jet propulsion …

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  • 5jet engine — n an engine that pushes out a stream of hot air and gases behind it, used in aircraft …

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  • 6Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …

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  • 7jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …

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  • 8Jet-Engine — Microsoft Jet Engine (Microsoft Joint Engine Technology Engine) ist eine 1992 eingeführte, relationale Datenbank Engine für Windows Betriebssysteme. Dabei ist es interessant, dass Microsoft nicht nur eine, sondern zwei vollkommen unabhängige… …

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  • 9jet engine — noun a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion • Members of this Topic: ↑flame out • Hypernyms: ↑reaction propulsion engine, ↑reaction engine • Hyponyms: ↑fanjet, ↑ …

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  • 10jet engine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms jet engine : singular jet engine plural jet engines a type of engine that combines air and burning fuel to create power for a jet plane …

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