turbofan
nounEtymology
Definitions
A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly…
A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft.
- Turbofans are always multispool engines.
An aircraft with such engines.
The neighborhood
- neighborpropfan
- neighborturbine
- neighborturboprop
- neighborturboshaft
- neighboraircraft engine
- neighborgas turbine
- neighborpropjet
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA