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View synonyms for reaction engine
reaction engine
noun
, Aeronautics, Rocketry.
- an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.
reaction engine
noun
- an engine, such as a jet or rocket engine, that ejects gas at high velocity and develops its thrust from the ensuing reaction
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reaction engine1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
Out of the port they could see the red flare of a reaction engine; the next ship in their sector, speeding forward.
From Project Gutenberg
This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.
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It revolved by the agency of steam, and was of the form that we should now call a reaction-engine.
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