jet propelled airplane

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• jet-propelled plane — noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines • Syn: ↑jet, ↑jet plane • Derivationally related forms: ↑jet (for: ↑jet) • Hypernyms: ↑airplane, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• jet-propelled — adjective Date: 1877 1. moving by jet propulsion 2. suggestive of the speed and force of a jet airplane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jet — jet1 [jet] vt., vi. jetted, jetting [< MFr jeter, to throw < OFr < VL * jectare, for L jactare, freq. of jacere, to throw < IE base * yē , to throw, do > Gr hienai, to set in motion, throw, send] 1. to spout, gush, or shoot out in… …   English World dictionary

• jet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stream, spurt, gush, shoot, spout, pour, rush, squirt. n. stream, fountain; outgush, spurt; jet plane (see aviation). See water. adj. black, pitch[y], ebon[y]. See color. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• jet plane — noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑jet, ↑jet propelled plane • Derivationally related forms: ↑jet (for: ↑jet) • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …   Universalium

• jet — [adj] black atramentous, coal black, dark, ebon, ebony, inky, midnight, obsidian, pitchblack, pitch dark, raven, sable; concept 618 Ant. white jet [n1] rush, gush of substance flow, fountain, spout, spray, spring, spritz, spurt, squirt, stream;… …   New thesaurus

• airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also …   Universalium

• Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …   Wikipedia

• Jet airliner — A jet airliner, sometimes contracted to jetliner, is a passenger airplane (passenger aeroplane) that is powered by jet engines. In contrast to today s long distance quiet, fuel efficient, and modern turbofan powered air travel, first generation… …   Wikipedia

• jet — 1. noun a) A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc …   Wiktionary