fanjet engine

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fanjet engine - a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrustturbofan engine, turbojet engine, turbojet, fanjet, fan-jet, turbofanafterburner - a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrustfanjet, fan-jet, turbofan, turbojet - an airplane propelled by a fanjet enginegas turbine - 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 turbinejet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsionpropjet, turboprop, turbo-propeller plane - an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine