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jet engines

jet engines is the plural of jet engine.

Meaning of jet engine

Noun

jet engine (plural jet engines)

  1. An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.
    • L.A. International Airport, where the big jet engines roar1971, Leanne Scott, “L.A. International Airport”, performed by Susan Raye
  2. Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.

Questions about jet engines

What is jet engines the plural of?
Jet engines is the plural of jet engine.

Words near jet engines in the dictionary

  1. jet cocoons
  2. jet d'eau
  3. jet dryer
  4. jet dryers
  5. jet engine
  6. jet engines
  7. jet fighter
  8. jet fighters
  9. jet flame
  10. jet flow
  11. jet fuel

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