pulsejet engine

or pulse-jet engine

[ puhls-jet ]
/ ˈpʌlsˌdʒɛt /
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noun Aeronautics.

a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
Also called pulse·jet, pulse-jet, aeropulse.

Origin of pulsejet engine

First recorded in 1945–50; pulse1 + jet1

Words nearby pulsejet engine

pulse-amplitude modulation, pulse-code modulation, pulse-time modulation, pulsebeat, pulsejet, pulsejet engine, pulseless disease, pulsimeter, pulsion, pulsion diverticulum, pulsometer

Words related to pulsejet

rocket, fanjet, ramjet, turbofan, turbojet, turboprop, jet, Concorde, blowtorch

British Dictionary definitions for pulsejet

pulsejet
/ (ˈpʌlsˌdʒɛt) /

noun

a type of ramjet engine in which air is admitted through movable vanes that are closed by the pressure resulting from each intermittent explosion of the fuel in the combustion chamber, thus causing a pulsating thrust Also called: pulsejet engine, pulsojet (ˈpʌlsəʊˌdʒɛt)