Afterburner

Definition: Afterburner

Afterburner

Noun

1. A device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust.

Specialty Definitions: Afterburner

Domain	Definitions
Environment	In incinerator technology, a burner located so that the combustion gases are made to pass through its flame in order to remove smoke and odors. It may be attached to or be separated from the incinerator proper. (references)
Nuclear Energy & Physics	A device for augmenting the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel in the uncombined oxygen in the gases from the turbine. Source: European Union. (references)
Space	The afterburner is a second chamber which afterburing (or reheat) is a method of augmenting the basic thrust of an engine to improve the aircraft takeoff, climb and (for military aircraft) combat performance. Afterburning consists of the introduction and burning of raw fuel between the engine turbine and the jet pipe propelling nozzle, utilizing the unburned oxygen in the exhaust gas to support combustion. The increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas increases the velocity of the jet leaving the propelling nozzle and therefore increases the engine thrust. This increased thrust could be obtained by the use of a larger engine, but this would increase the weigh and overall fuel consumption. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Afterburner

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An afterburner is an extension of a jet engine, used in military aircraft. It injects fuel into the heated exhaust pipe of the engine. It will react with uncombined oxygen in the exhaust, which increases the exhaust temperature and, thus, its velocity, giving the plane additional thrust.

Afterburners use more fuel than the normal turbine, so they are used only when launching the airplane from the ground or an aircraft carrier, or when high speed is of the essence.

The only civilian aircraft using afterburners is the Concorde.

Crosswords: Afterburner

Specialty definitions using "afterburner": afterburning ♦ hot air gallery ♦ thrust augmenter. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Afterburner

Domain	Title
Music	Afterburner (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	08834 Afterburner CD Labels with Apptor CD/DVD Labels Blister Pack (reference) Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Expression: Afterburner

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "afterburner": afterburner-style.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Afterburner

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
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afterburner game boy advance	20
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afterburner boy game kit	9
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afterburner cd label	3
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thrustmaster afterburner	3
afterburner exhaust	3
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Modern Translations: Afterburner

Language		Translations for "afterburner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		� 力燃烧室. (various references)

Danish		efterbraender (exhaust gas combustor). (various references)

Dutch		nabrander. (various references)

Finnish		jälkipoltin (exhaust gas combustor). (various references)

French		post-brûleur, dispositif de réchauffe, dispositif de postcombustion, chambre de post-combustion. (various references)

German		Nachbrenner (exhaust gas combustor). (various references)

Greek		χώρος μετάκαυσης (exhaust gas combustor), δευτερογενής καυστήρας. (various references)

Hungarian		utánégetõ, forszázs. (various references)

Italian		postcombustore (exhaust gas combustor), postbruciatore (exhaust gas combustor), camera di post-combustione. (various references)

Korean		재연소 장치. (various references)

Pig Latin		afterburneray

Portuguese		pós-combustor (exhaust gas combustor), câmara de combustão auxiliar (exhaust gas combustor). (various references)

Russian		дожигатель. (various references)

Spanish		cámara de postcombustión. (various references)

Swedish		efterförbränningsutrustning (exhaust gas combustor), efterbrännkammare (secondary combustion chamber). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Afterburner

Derivations
	Words beginning with "afterburner": afterburners. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Afterburner

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-f-n-r-r-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: furbearer.
	-3 letters: banterer, barrener, barterer, renature, returner.
	-4 letters: feature, ferrate, rebater, refuter, terrane, urbaner.
	-5 letters: afreet, arbute, banter, barren, barret, barter, bearer, beaten, beater, befret, berate, bereft, brunet, bunter, burner, burnet, burrer, butane, butene, earner, entera, errant, fearer, feater, ferret, frater, furane, nature, nearer, neater, neuter, rafter, ranter, rearer, rebate, reearn, refute, renter, retear, retune, return, rurban, tearer, tenure, terrae, turban, tureen, turner, unbear, unfree, urbane, ureter.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-f-n-r-r-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: afterburners.
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