airbreathing

Adjective

Meaning

(aeronautics, of an engine or missile) Using the air from the atmosphere for combustion

(of fish) Which can breathe air for a short period of time; especially the airbreathing catfishes.

Examples

Airbreathing main Commonly aircraft are propelled by airbreathing jet engines. Source: Internet

Airbreathing SSTO Some designs for SSTO attempt to use airbreathing jet engines that collect oxidizer and reaction mass from the atmosphere to reduce the take-off weight of the vehicle. Source: Internet

For an airbreathing engine an exhaust velocity equal to the vehicle velocity, or a equal to one, gives zero thrust with no net momentum change. Source: Internet

For airbreathing engines such as turbojets, energy efficiency and propellant (fuel) efficiency are much the same thing, since the propellant is a fuel and the source of energy. Source: Internet

It used a single airbreathing jet engine of unknown type for propulsion. Source: Internet

Most airbreathing jet engines that are in use are turbofan jet engines, which give good efficiency at speeds just below the speed of sound. Source: Internet

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