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turbofans

turbofans is the plural of turbofan.

Meaning of turbofan

Noun

turbofan (plural turbofans)

  1. A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft.
    • Turbofans are always multispool engines.2005, Ronald D. Flack, Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications
    Synonyms:
    fanjet
  2. An aircraft with such engines.
    Synonyms:
    fanjet

Questions about turbofans

What is turbofans the plural of?
Turbofans is the plural of turbofan.

Words near turbofans in the dictionary

  1. turboencabulators
  2. turboexpander
  3. turboexpanders
  4. turbofan
  5. turbofanned
  6. turbofans
  7. turbofish
  8. turbofishes
  9. turbofucked
  10. turbogenerator
  11. turbogenerators

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