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Jet engine

noun

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  1. 1
    An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.
  2. 2
    a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion wordnet
  3. 3
    Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.

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