REACTION ENGINE Definition & Meaning

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of reaction engine¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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

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This also was the invention of Hero, and was a reaction engine, on the principle of the eolipile.

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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.

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