fanjet
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fan·jet
(făn′jĕt′)n.
See turbofan.
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fanjet
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fan′jet`
or fan′ jet`,
n.
1. Also called turbofan. a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air for use partly for the combustion of fuel and partly as exhaust.
2. an airplane having such engines.
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| Noun | 1. | fanjet - an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine fanjet engine, turbofan engine, turbojet engine, turbojet, turbofan, fanjet, fan-jet - a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust |
| 2. |  fanjet - a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrustafterburner - a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust gas 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 turbine jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion propjet, turboprop, turbo-propeller plane - an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine |
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