jet propulsion

Noun

Meaning

propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

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A spinner can be driven as a ground-based vehicle, and take off vertically, hover, and cruise using jet propulsion much like vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Source: Internet

A Spinner can be driven as a ground-based vehicle, and take off vertically, hover, and cruise using jet propulsion much like Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. Source: Internet

Boyne 2002, p. 261. The success of the smaller E.28/39 proved the viability of jet propulsion, and Gloster pressed ahead with designs for a production fighter aircraft. Source: Internet

In a video about the seemingly surreal image on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s YouTube page, NASA scientist Ashwin Vasavada says that “panoramas like this are like a window to another world.” Source: Internet

Oldsmobile's Rocket V8 engine was the leader in performance, generally considered the fastest cars on the market and by the mid-1950s their styling was among the first to offer a wide, "open maw" grille, suggestive of jet propulsion. Source: Internet

The board also includes former directors of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, the management center for NASA’s crewed lunar lander program. Source: Internet

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