turbojet engine

noun

: a jet engine in which a turbine drives a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner drive the turbine before being discharged rearward

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Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, originally scheduled to fly in 2017, relies on a trio of 1950s-era J85 turbojet engines, the sorts used to power vintage aircraft like the Northrop T-38 trainer or F-5 fighter. Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024 It was powered by four turbojet engines with afterburners that enabled it to reach speeds of up to Mach 2.04 at an altitude of 18,300 meters and could carry up to 128 passengers. Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023 LeCun, whose father was an aeronautical engineer and who remains fascinated by aircraft, says that asking people to talk about A.I. Safety today is like asking people in 1930 to opine on the safety of the turbojet engine, a technology that had not even been invented yet. Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2023 Additionally, it was powered by a turbojet engine rather than a variable-thrust liquid rocket engine. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for turbojet engine 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of turbojet engine was in 1944

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“Turbojet engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbojet%20engine. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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turbojet engine

noun
: a jet engine in which a turbine drives a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner drive the turbine before being discharged to the rear
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