afterburner

See also: after-burner

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ burner.

Noun

afterburner (plural afterburners)

(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.

Synonyms

reheat

Related terms

afterburning

Translations

a device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust

Danish: efterbrænder c
Dutch: naverbrander m, nabrander (nl) m
Finnish: jälkipoltin (fi)
German: Nachbrenner (de) m
Hungarian: utánégető
Irish: iardhóire m
Japanese: アフターバーナー (afutābānā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: etterbrenner (no) m
Persian: افتر برنر‎ (after-berner), پس‌سوز‎ (pas-suz)
Portuguese: pós-combustor m
Russian: форса́жная ка́мера f (forsážnaja kámera), дожига́тель (ru) m (dožigátelʹ)
Spanish: postquemador m

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