jet engine

See also: jet-engine

English

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

Derived terms

• fanjet
• jet turbine
• pulsejet

• ramjet
• scramjet
• turbojet

Related terms

Related terms

• duct engine
• gas turbine
• jet propulsion
• pulse detonation engine

• turbofan
• turboprop
• turboshaft

Translations

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

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: reaktivní motor m, tryskový motor m
• Danish: jetmotor c
• Dutch: straalmotor (nl) m
• Esperanto: jetmotoro
• Finnish: suihkumoottori (fi)
• French: moteur à réaction m
• German: Strahltriebwerk (de) n, Düsentriebwerk (de) n
• Greek: αεριοστροβιλωθητήρας (el) m (aeriostrovilothitíras)
• Hungarian: sugárhajtómű
• Interlingua: motor a jecto
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• Japanese: ジェットエンジン (jettoenjin)
• Korean: 제트 엔진 (jeteu enjin)
• Macedonian: млазен погон m (mlazen pogon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jetmotor (no) m

  Nynorsk: jetmotor m

• Polish: silnik odrzutowy m
• Portuguese: motor a jato m
• Russian: реакти́вный дви́гатель (ru) m (reaktívnyj dvígatelʹ)
• Spanish: motor de reacción m
• Swedish: jetmotor (sv) c, reamotor (sv) c

See also

• piston engine
• rotary engine