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

Examples of turbojet engine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Once airborne, the drone’s turbojet engine took over, powering the drone for the next 2 hours and 10 minutes. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 The booster then burns out and falls away, and the missile’s turbojet engine takes over. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2021 Its unique trick involved the ability to transition from turbojet engine to turbo-ramjet engine in flight, sucking in vast amounts of oxygen-rich air and burning it to drastically increase engine output. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2021 The basic Model 147 or AQM-34 was 23 feet long with a 13-foot wingspan and a J69-T-29 turbojet engine producing 1,700 pound of thrust. David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2020 Perhaps the biggest difference between XB-1 and the full-scale aircraft, besides the size, is that XB-1 will use a smaller, off-the-shelf J85-15 turbojet engine. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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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 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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