Afterburner Definition

ăftər-bûrnər
afterburners
noun
A device for augmenting the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel with the uncombined oxygen in the exhaust gases.
American Heritage
A device within the tailpipe of some jet engines for burning extra fuel to produce additional thrust.
Webster's New World
A device for burning or chemically altering unburned or partially burned carbon compounds in exhaust gases.
American Heritage
An auxiliary device, as on internal-combustion engines and incinerators, for burning undesirable exhaust gases produced during the original combustion.
Webster's New World

A device in the engine of an aircraft which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.

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Other Word Forms of Afterburner

Noun

Singular:
afterburner
Plural:
afterburners

Origin of Afterburner

  • From after- +‎ burner

    From Wiktionary

Afterburner Sentence Examples

  • On takeoff it rolled sharply and away from the crowd, the flickering afterburner adding to the effect.

  • The assumption was that when he hit the afterburner, he blew himself up.

  • It really looked and sounded sorta pretty, like a fighter jet on full afterburner.

  • The Top Gun afterburner Force Feedback joystick is the first joystick combining a full size detachable throttle with Idle and Afterburner settings.

  • Full sized detachable throttle with Idle and afterburner detents... .

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Words Starting With

AAFAFT

Words Ending With

RERNER

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With A11 Letter Words Ending With R