fan turbine in turbofan engine
1turbofan engine — noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fanjet, ↑fan jet, ↑fanjet engine, ↑turbojet, ↑turbojet engine, ↑turbofan • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2turbofan engine — A type of gas turbine engine that has a fan or a set of lengthened blades either on a low pressure compressor or a low pressure turbine. The term also applies to a less common arrangement in which the fan is located at the rear of the engine and… …
3turbofan — [tʉr′bō fan΄] n. 1. a fanlike turbojet engine designed to create additional thrust by diverting a secondary airflow around the combustion chamber: in full turbofan engine 2. a fan driven by a turbine …
4Turbofan — [ CFM56 3 turbofan, lower half, side view.] A turbofan is a type of jet engine, similar to a turbojet. It essentially consists of a ducted fan with a smaller diameter turbojet engine mounted behind it that powers the fan. Part of the airstream… …
5fan-jet — noun 1. an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine • Syn: ↑fanjet, ↑turbofan, ↑turbojet • Hypernyms: ↑jet, ↑jet plane, ↑jet propelled plane • Part Meronyms: ↑ …
6fan-jet — A type of gas turbine engine that has a fan or a set of lengthened blades either on a low pressure compressor or on a low pressure turbine. The term also applies to a less common arrangement that has the fan at the rear of the engine, with the… …
7Engine Alliance GP7000 — The Engine Alliance GP7000 (known as the GP7200 for a brief time period) is a new turbofan jet engine that will incorporate advanced technologies of proven wide body products, originally from the world s No.1 and No.3 aero engine manufacturers,… …
8engine station designation — All gas turbine engines, except those with bypass ducts, are given station designations from 0 to 9, with the station 0 denoting the area ahead of the inlet where the airflow is undisturbed and the number 9 denoting the exhaust flow conditions of …
9turbofan — n. type of jet engine which includes a turbine driven fan for intake of air; aircraft powered by the turbofan engine (Aeronautics) …
10tur|bo|fan — «TUR boh FAN», noun. or turbofan engine, a turbojet in which a fan forces low pressure air through ducts into the hot turbine exhaust at the pressure of the turbine exhaust; fan jet …
