turbojet engine
noun
: a jet engine in which a turbine drives a compressor that supplies air to a burner and hot gases from the burner drive the turbine before being discharged rearward
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Turbofans divert some airflow around the core of a turbojet engine, speeding it up with a large fan, and then mix this bypass air with the jet exhaust.
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New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, originally scheduled to fly in 2017, relies on a trio of 1950s-era J85 turbojet engines, the sorts used to power vintage aircraft like the Northrop T-38 trainer or F-5 fighter.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
It was powered by four turbojet engines with afterburners that enabled it to reach speeds of up to Mach 2.04 at an altitude of 18,300 meters and could carry up to 128 passengers.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
LeCun, whose father was an aeronautical engineer and who remains fascinated by aircraft, says that asking people to talk about A.I. Safety today is like asking people in 1930 to opine on the safety of the turbojet engine, a technology that had not even been invented yet.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2023
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New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
Boom’s demonstrator aircraft, originally scheduled to fly in 2017, relies on a trio of 1950s-era J85 turbojet engines, the sorts used to power vintage aircraft like the Northrop T-38 trainer or F-5 fighter.
—Tim Stevens, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
It was powered by four turbojet engines with afterburners that enabled it to reach speeds of up to Mach 2.04 at an altitude of 18,300 meters and could carry up to 128 passengers.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
LeCun, whose father was an aeronautical engineer and who remains fascinated by aircraft, says that asking people to talk about A.I. Safety today is like asking people in 1930 to opine on the safety of the turbojet engine, a technology that had not even been invented yet.
—Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2023
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“Turbojet engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbojet%20engine. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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