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Reaction engine

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reaction-propulsion enginenouna jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
rocketnounA long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
rocket enginenounA reaction engine that obtains thrust by jet propulsion which forms its jet exclusively from propellant.
jet enginenounAn 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.
solid rocketnoun(astronautics) A rocket that uses such an engine.
air enginenounAn engine put into motion by air expanded by heat.
aircraft enginenounAny engine used to propel an aircraft, including jet engines and rocket engines etc.
rocket motornounA rocket engine, especially a solid rocket or a hybrid rocket.
combustion enginenounAn engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce work (movement).
fusion rocketnoun(astronautics) a rocket engine that uses nuclear fusion reactions for propulsive force
rotary enginenounAny of several types of internal combustion engine in which the power output is directly rotational.
duct enginenounA form of jet engine that possesses an inlet duct, such as a turbojet, ramjet, or turbofan. Rockets are not considered duct engines.
jet propulsionnounPropulsion that is caused by the expulsion of a jet of fluid, especially by a jet engine or jellyfish.
thrustnounA push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
turborocketnounA jet engine where the turbine that turns the inlet compressor is powered by a rocket engine.
internal combustion enginenounA heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
retrorocketnounA small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
arcjetnounA rocket engine that uses an electric arc for propulsion.
ramjetnoun(aeronautics) A jet engine in which forward motion forces air into an inlet, compressing it (as opposed to having a pump type device compressing the air for combustion with fuel), and where combustion is subsonic.
ion enginenoun(astronautics) a type of spacecraft propulsion, whereby electric fields accelerate ions out the exhaust to provide motive force

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