jet engine
Noun
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.
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L.A. International Airport, where the big jet engines roar
Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.
Noun
a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
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jet engines