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turbojet

turbojet

1 6.2
A jet engine that uses a turbine to squeeze air and push a plane forward
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrboʊˌdʒɛt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : turbojet
  • The aircraft uses a turbojet engine to achieve high speeds during its flight.
  • turbojet engine
  • turbojet's jet velocity

Yeah, Maybe I just got to put it on the turbojet setting.

Examples

  • Frank Whittle stands next to his turbojet.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Back in the days of turbojets, this would have been a refueling stop.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • A turbojet compressor increases the pressure of incoming air by 10 to 30 times.

    Academic text (2003)

  • As in the turbojet, this air moves into a combustor, where fuel is added and the mixture burns.

    Academic text (2003)

  • At low to moderate Mach numbers, the turbojets provide thrust.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Quincy: Turbojet engine fueled by kerosene and liquid oxygen.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • In 1936, a year before his turbojet ran successfully, Whittle applied for a patent for a turbofan, or bypass, engine, as he called it.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Frank Whittle, one of two independent inventors of the turbojet, recognized early in his theoretical studies that the turbojet's jet velocity was too high.

    Academic text (2003)

  • And she's powered by twin JE-79 turbojet engines, the same engines that are in the F-4 Phantom jet.

    Rat Race (2001)

  • The system then closes off inlet flow from the atmosphere, shuts down the turbojets, and converts to rocket propulsion.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

jet
vsturbojet
558 1.7

A fast plane powered by engines that push out air

is the engine type rather than the aircraft category
jet engine
vsturbojet
  • Specialized
14 3.7

An engine that pushes a plane by shooting out fast hot air

focuses more narrowly on turbine compression of air to make thrust
jet plane
vsturbojet
7 2.7

A fast plane that uses jet engines to fly high

is the engine type, not the aircraft's performance feature
turbojet engine
vsturbojet
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A machine that burns fuel and pushes an aircraft forward by sending out fast hot air

is the shorter form of the same technical name
jet-propelled plane
vsturbojet
3.9

A plane powered by jet engines that flies very fast

is the engine type rather than the aircraft that uses it

Compounds

turbojet engine
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A machine that burns fuel and pushes an aircraft forward by sending out fast hot air

How Powerful

turbofan
  • Specialized
1 6.1
turbojet
  • Specialized
1 6.2
turboprop
  • Specialized
3 6.9
propeller
46 3.9

Surface Forms

turbojet singular
turbojets plural

Morphology

turbojet = turbo + jet (semi-transparent) = turbo + jet

The components 'turbo' and 'jet' are clear, but the specific meaning of a jet engine type is specialized.

Etymology

Turbojet joins turbo ('spinning') and jet ('fast stream'), like the car word turbo and a jet plane. A turbojet is an engine with spinning parts that makes a strong jet of air to push an airplane forward.