All fanjet synonyms
fan·jet
F f noun fanjet
- rocket — Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- ramjet — a jet engine operated by the injection of fuel into a stream of air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft.
- reaction engine — an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turbojet — turbojet engine.
- turboprop — turbo-propeller engine.