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jet engine

noun as in gas airplane engine

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The company used machine learning to remotely monitor the performance of equipment in jet engines and nuclear power plants.

We detected problems in jet engines before GE, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce because we developed a personalized model for each engine.

The A-12′s jet engines—so powerful that the director of central intelligence once said they sounded as if “the Devil himself were blasting his way straight from Hell”—began to fail, then sputtered out.

The huge craft also sports the largest jet engines around, the GE9X, each of which features a fan that’s 11 feet in diameter.

Late last month, the Federal Aviation Administration signed off on the biggest commercial jet engine in the world.

The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

In fact, the reliability of the jet engine is the single most influential development behind the vast improvement in air safety.

Today, he oversees assembly at a GE jet engine testing facility in Peebles, Ohio.

In fact, nothing is more lethal to a jet engine than ingesting this kind of ash.

A jet engine that is still functioning is basically a furnace, and the most likely first source of ignition.

If you have ever stood near a running tip-jet, or any jet engine, I think you will know what Ezekiel means.

The reconnaissance squadron has Il-28 twin jet-engine light bombers.

The smell of goop and fuser and heat filled the room, and an air-conditioner like a jet-engine labored to keep things cool.

Furthermore, if he were using any sort of prop, or a jet engine, the noise would give him away.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jet engine, such as: fanjet, pulsejet, ramjet, reaction engine, rocket, and rocket motor.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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