jet engine

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Noun

jet engine (plural jet engines)

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. any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet etc.

Derived terms

• turbojet
• fanjet
• pulsejet
• ramjet
• scramjet
• jet turbine

Related terms

• pulse detonation engine
• turbofan
• turboshaft
• turboprop
• gas turbine
• duct engine
• jet propulsion

See also

• piston engine
• rotary engine

Translations

an engine that develops thrust by ejecting a jet, especially a jet of gaseous combustion products

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴氣發動機 (cmn), 喷气发动机 (cmn) (pēnqì fādòngjī)

• Czech: reaktivní motor (cs) m, tryskový motor (cs) m
• Dutch: straalmotor (nl) m
• Esperanto: jetmotoro (eo)
• Finnish: suihkumoottori (fi)
• French: moteur à réaction (fr) m
• German: Strahltriebwerk (de) n, Düsentriebwerk (de) n
• Hungarian: sugárhajtómű (hu)

• Interlingua: motor a jecto
• Japanese: ジェットエンジン (ja) (jettoenjin)
• Korean: 제트 엔진 (ko) (jeteu enjin)
• Macedonian: млазен погон (mk) (mlázen pógon) m
• Polish: silnik odrzutowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: motor a jato (pt) m
• Russian: реактивный двигатель (ru) (reaktívnyj dvígatelʹ) m
• Spanish: motor de reacción (es) m
• Swedish: jetmotor (sv) c, reamotor (sv) c