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turbojet

noun

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as in turboprop

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Recent Examples of turbojet Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more. — Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025 For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for turbojet

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Noun

The Tu-95 is a nuclear-capable four-engine turboprop strategic bomber that has been in service since the Cold War times.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
In 2021, the company unveiled the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric aircraft intended to offer performance comparable to that of a twin turboprop.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of turboprop

Noun

Swiss company Metafuels is working to convert clean electricity into jet fuel, while RIFT and Enerin, based in the Netherlands and Norway respectively, are delivering high-temperature industrial heat from electrons instead of gas.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Nevertheless, watching a sports car flip upside down and land on cold-gas jets was proof enough that flying cars are moving out of science fiction and onto the runway.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of jet

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The Florida National Guard, the State Emergency Operations Center, State Guard and AT&T Disaster Services are holding aircraft and equipment there, the airport said.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
First developed in the 1950s, this aircraft has an enormous weapon payload capacity and intercontinental range.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of aircraft

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In the event of an emergency, a rocket deploys a nylon parachute from the airframe in seconds, allowing the plane to land safely.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
If successful, each B-52 should be capable of carrying similar payloads of LRASM as JASSM, which currently stands at around 20 per airframe.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of airframe

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Strong demand for oil, particularly from Asia, continues to provide an incentive for tanker operators to transport energy supplies from the Persian Gulf, even as security threats complicate voyages.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Smaller ships occupied other berths, and one tanker was loading at an offshore mooring, with a UAE naval corvette standing guard nearby.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

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
Each day at noon, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Falcon flew a solo lap around the circuit in its flagship Falcon 7X trijet.

— Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 7 Oct. 2015

Definition of trijet

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