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REACTION ENGINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream

Synonyms:

reaction-propulsion engine; reaction engine

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("reaction engine" is a kind of...):

engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reaction engine"):

ion engine (a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field)

jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

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