air-jet engine

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• jet engine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms jet engine : singular jet engine plural jet engines a type of engine that combines air and burning fuel to create power for a jet plane …   English dictionary

• jet engine — jet′ en′gine n. aer. an engine, as of an aircraft, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases …   From formal English to slang

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