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air-breathing ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | air-breathing - deriving oxygen from the air; "he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates"; "large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils" |
air-breathing
air-breathing[′er ′brēth·iŋ] (mechanical engineering) Of an engine or aerodynamic vehicle, required to take in air for the purpose of combustion. air-breathingAn engine that sustains its combustion by using oxygen from the incoming air. Both reciprocating and gas turbine engines are air-breathing, whereas a rocket carries its own oxygen and, hence, is not an air-breathing engine. |