turbojet engine
noun
1.
a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
Origin
1940-45
Examples from the web for
turbojet engine
They claimed the
turbojet engine
would be too heavy and fuel inefficient.
The missile was powered by a
turbojet engine
and cruised at subsonic speeds, going supersonic in its dive to the target.
British Dictionary definitions for
turbojet engine
turbojet engine
noun
1.
a gas turbine in which the exhaust gases provide the propulsive thrust to drive an aircraft