turbojet
noun
tur·bo·jet
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Definition of turbojet
1
: an airplane powered by turbojet engines
2
: turbojet engine
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Designed by Boeing, the dagger-like jets would be raised up on launch platforms nose-first and then boosted into the sky by three 23,000-pound Wright SE-105 turbojets. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The U.S. Navy Could Have Had a Submarine Aircraft Carrier," 21 Nov. 2018 Concerns over the sonic boom first arose with the introduction of the Concorde – the infamous British-French passenger turbojet that could hit a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound. — Andrew O'reilly, Fox News, "Supersonic planes could make big comeback with quieter, 'low-boom' NASA aircraft," 5 Apr. 2018 But in 1951, the state-of-the-art turbojet was the J47-GE engine used by the B-47 strategic bomber, which generated about 7.2 megawatts at maximum power and 5,200 pounds (23kN) of thrust. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Best bad idea ever? Why Putin’s nuclear-powered missile is possible… and awful," 22 Mar. 2018 These temperatures are a fraction of those seen in a typical commercial jet engine; the combustion chamber of a conventional turbojet can reach 2,000 degrees Celsius. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Best bad idea ever? Why Putin’s nuclear-powered missile is possible… and awful," 22 Mar. 2018 This means the ramjet can activate only after some other engine—in this case a turbojet—accelerates the vehicle to a high speed forcing air into the ramjet’s air inlet. — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, "Ukraine Is Building a Spaceplane for...Saudi Arabia?," 14 Mar. 2018 At the core of a turbofan is a turbojet, which compresses and heats air to push it through turbines and out the back of the engine for thrust. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "How a cracked fan blade (probably) ended a decade of no US air travel fatalities," 18 Apr. 2018 Concerns over the sonic boom first arose with the introduction of the Concorde – the infamous British-French passenger turbojet that could hit a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound. — Andrew O'reilly, Fox News, "Supersonic planes could make big comeback with quieter, 'low-boom' NASA aircraft," 5 Apr. 2018 But in 1951, the state-of-the-art turbojet was the J47-GE engine used by the B-47 strategic bomber, which generated about 7.2 megawatts at maximum power and 5,200 pounds (23kN) of thrust. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Best bad idea ever? Why Putin’s nuclear-powered missile is possible… and awful," 22 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'turbojet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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turbojet
noun
English Language Learners Definition of turbojet
: an airplane that has a turbojet engine
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