jet engine

See also: jet-engine

English

Noun

jet engine (plural jet engines)

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
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

Related terms

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Translations

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴氣發動機 (zh), 喷气发动机 (zh) (pēnqì fādòngjī)
Czech: reaktivní motor m, tryskový motor m
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

Japanese: ジェットエンジン (jettoenjin)
Korean: 제트 엔진 (jeteu enjin)
Macedonian: млазен погон m (mlázen pógon)
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

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