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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine
Narrower terms: fanjet, fan-jet, fanjet engine, turbojet, turbojet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, ramjet, ramjet engine, atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe, rocket, rocket engine
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
motor a reacció
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Chinese Mandarin:
噴氣發動機 /喷气发动机
(pēnqì fādòngjī)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Czech:
reaktivní motor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Czech:
tryskový motor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Danish:
jetmotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Danish:
flymotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Dutch:
straalmotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Esperanto:
jetmotoro
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Finnish:
suihkumoottori
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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French:
moteur à réaction
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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German:
Strahltriebwerk
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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German:
Düsentriebwerk
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Greek:
αεριοστροβιλωθητήρας
(aeriostrovilothitíras)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Hebrew:
מנוע סילון
(menóa silón)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Hungarian:
sugárhajtómű
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Interlingua:
motor a jecto
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Italian:
motore a reazione
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Japanese:
ジェットエンジン
(jettoenjin)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Khmer:
ម៉ាស៊ីនយន្តហោះ
(maasɨn-yŭən hɑh)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Korean:
제트 엔진
(jeteu enjin)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Macedonian:
млазен погон
(mlazen pogon)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Māori:
pūkaha torohaki
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Norwegian Bokmål:
jetmotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
jetmotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Persian:
موتور جت
(motor-e jet)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Polish:
silnik odrzutowy
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Portuguese:
motor a jato
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Russian:
реакти́вный дви́гатель
(reaktívnyj dvígatelʹ)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Spanish:
motor de reacción
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Swedish:
jetmotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Swedish:
reamotor
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Ukrainian:
реакти́вний двигу́н
(reaktývnyj dvyhún)
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
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Vietnamese:
động cơ phản lực không khí
— engine that obtains thrust by ejecting a jet
