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Definition of "jet engine" []

  • An engine that develops thrust by ejecting a jet, especially a jet of gaseous combustion products. (noun)
  • An engine that obtains the oxygen needed from the atmosphere, used especially to propel aircraft and distinguished from rocket engines having self-contained fuel-oxidizer systems. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jet engine" in a sentence
  • "United Technologies Corp. is the parent company of jet engine manufacturer Pratt &"
  • "The basic concept for a lunar landing research vehicle that the Drake group arrived at in mid-1961 was to mount a jet engine in a gimbal placed underneath the test vehicle so that the thrust produced by the jet always pointed upward."
  • "And West threw his end of the safety rope past Judah…into the stillrotating jet engine of theHalicarnassus, hovering immediately behind Judah."