Turbofan_engineWordNet Explorer
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a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
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a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
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an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
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an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
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a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
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turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine