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TURBOFAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
Synonyms:
fan-jet; fanjet; fanjet engine; turbofan; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbojet engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("turbofan" is a kind of...):
jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)
Meronyms (parts of "turbofan"):
afterburner (a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust)
gas turbine (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)
Holonyms ("turbofan" is a part of...):
fan-jet; fanjet; turbofan; turbojet (an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine)
propjet; turbo-propeller plane; turboprop (an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
Synonyms:
fan-jet; fanjet; turbofan; turbojet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("turbofan" is a kind of...):
jet; jet-propelled plane; jet plane (an airplane powered by one or more jet engines)
Meronyms (parts of "turbofan"):
fan-jet; fanjet; fanjet engine; turbofan; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbojet engine (a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust)
