reaction engine

Example Sentences

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His system is, as the firm’s name implies, a reaction engine.

From Economist

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Broadly, reaction engines come in two varieties—rockets and jets—in which hot gases created by burning fuel are ejected out of the back, providing the action part of the law.

From Economist