Definition of turbojet in English:
turbojet
noun ˈtəːbəʊdʒɛtˈtərboʊˌdʒɛt
1A jet engine in which the jet gases also operate a turbine-driven compressor for compressing the air drawn into the engine.
Example sentencesExamples
- The technology behind this superb aircraft was the turbojet engine, which produced more power than piston engines and created less drag than a propeller.
- The engines fitted on this particular aircraft were two pistons and two small turbojets (to help it to take off in certain conditions).
- Rather than using a rotating compressor like a turbojet engine, the forward velocity and vehicle aerodynamic design compress air into the engine.
- Such turbine engines are also called jet engines and they embrace a family of products: turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops.
- It will have a solid rocket booster rather than the turbojet engine and be launched from a torpedo tube.
- The Gannet has double in-line Mamba turbojet engines driving two sets of contra-rotating propellers though a single driveshaft.
- Today, the turbojets in many British and American aircraft owe their origins to Whittle and the many Lancashire workers who brought it into production.
- It had four turbojet engines with afterburners, and was the first supersonic aircraft with engine pods mounted outboard on the wings.
- He gently reversed the thrust of the turbojet engines, bringing the Concorde to an abrupt halt.
- 1.1 An aircraft powered by a turbojet.
Example sentencesExamples
- With increasing danger from turbojet fighters, the US military began transitioning to primarily an all turbojet fleet of aircraft.
- The White Knight turbojet aircraft climbs over the Mojave desert with SpaceShipOne attached to its underbelly.
Definition of turbojet in US English:
turbojet
nounˈtərbōˌjetˈtərboʊˌdʒɛt
1A jet engine in which the jet gases also operate a turbine-driven compressor for compressing the air drawn into the engine.
Example sentencesExamples
- The technology behind this superb aircraft was the turbojet engine, which produced more power than piston engines and created less drag than a propeller.
- Rather than using a rotating compressor like a turbojet engine, the forward velocity and vehicle aerodynamic design compress air into the engine.
- The Gannet has double in-line Mamba turbojet engines driving two sets of contra-rotating propellers though a single driveshaft.
- The engines fitted on this particular aircraft were two pistons and two small turbojets (to help it to take off in certain conditions).
- Today, the turbojets in many British and American aircraft owe their origins to Whittle and the many Lancashire workers who brought it into production.
- Such turbine engines are also called jet engines and they embrace a family of products: turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops.
- It will have a solid rocket booster rather than the turbojet engine and be launched from a torpedo tube.
- He gently reversed the thrust of the turbojet engines, bringing the Concorde to an abrupt halt.
- It had four turbojet engines with afterburners, and was the first supersonic aircraft with engine pods mounted outboard on the wings.
- 1.1 An aircraft powered by a turbojet.
Example sentencesExamples
- The White Knight turbojet aircraft climbs over the Mojave desert with SpaceShipOne attached to its underbelly.
- With increasing danger from turbojet fighters, the US military began transitioning to primarily an all turbojet fleet of aircraft.