trijet

noun

tri·​jet ˈtrī-ˌjet How to pronounce trijet (audio)
: an aircraft powered with three jet engines

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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing. Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2022 Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft? – Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona Answer:No. John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 June 2018

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1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trijet was in 1967

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“Trijet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trijet. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.

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