afterburning
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tərˌbɜr noun
1.
Aeronautics. combustion in an afterburner that results from the injection of fuel into the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust with more efficient fuel consumption.
2.
Rocketry. an irregular burning of residual fuel in some rocket motors after the cessation of the main burning.
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| 1. | Also called: reheat a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust |
| 2. | irregular burning of fuel in a rocket motor after the main burning has ceased |
| 3. | persistence of combustion in an internal-combustion engine, either in an incorrect part of the cycle or after the ignition has been switched off |
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Afterburning
is always a great word to know.
So is simple harmonic motion. Does it mean:
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| apparatus with suspended point mass, frictionless thread, constant length and periodic motion |
Example sentences
Following the combustion chamber there should be allowance for afterburning, which nay be accommodated in insulated ducts.
Second, a deflector plate was installed to spread the bottom ash evenly across the afterburning grate.
It is provided for potential future use as an afterburning chamber for ex- haust gas deodorization.
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