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reaction engine
noun as in rocket engine
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Out of the port they could see the red flare of a reaction engine; the next ship in their sector, speeding forward.
This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.
It revolved by the agency of steam, and was of the form that we should now call a reaction-engine.
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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reaction engine, such as: fanjet, pulsejet, ramjet, rocket, rocket motor, and turbofan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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