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Definition: Reaction Engine |
Reaction EngineNoun1. A jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | An engine that develops thrust by its reaction to a substance ejected from it; specifically, such an engine that ejects a jet or stream of gases created by the burning of fuel within the engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Any engine that ejects a jet or stream of gas or fluid, obtaining all or most of its thrust by reaction to the ejection. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| REM | English | Reaction engine module | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: Reaction EngineSynonym: reaction-propulsion engine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Reaction Engine |
| English words defined with "reaction engine": rocket, rocket engine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reaction engine": environmental technicia, exhaust stream, exhaust velocity ♦ internal efficiency ♦ jetstream ♦ photon engine, plasma engine, POLLUTION-CONTROL TECHNICIAN ♦ reaction motor, rection engine ♦ thrust meter, turbine wheel. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "reaction engine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | reaktionsmotor (jet engine, reaction motor, rection engine). (various references) | |
Dutch | reaktiemotor (jet engine, reaction motor), straalmotor (engine, jet, jet engine, motor, rection engine, thruster, turbojet, turbo-jet, turboprop, turbo-reactor). (various references) | |
Finnish | reaktiomoottori (jet engine, reaction motor), suihkumoottori (jet engine, rection engine). (various references) | |
French | réacteur (nuclear reactor, reaction chamber, reactor, rection engine), moteur réaction (reaction motor, rection engine). (various references) | |
German | Rückstoßtriebwerk (reaction motor), Strahltriebwerk (jet engine, rection engine). (various references) | |
Greek | κινητήρας αντίδρασης (reaction motor), αντιδραστήρας (jet engine, nuclear power station, reactor, rection engine). (various references) | |
Italian | reattore (blowtorch, clean, digester, digestion chamber, digestion tank, digestor, jet engine, methane digester, nuclear power station, nuclear reactor, pile, reactor, sludge digestion chamber, sludge digestion compartment, sludge digestion tank, sludge-digestion compartment), motore a reazione (jet engine, reaction motor, rection engine), motore a getto (jet engine). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eactionray engineay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | motor de reacção (reaction motor), motor a reacção (jet engine, rection engine). (various references) | |
Spanish | motor de reacción (jet engine, reaction motor), motor a reacción (jet engine, rection engine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-i-i-n-n-n-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: internecine, reanointing. | |
-4 letters: containing, creatinine, entraining, entrancing, generation, iatrogenic, incinerate, innocenter, interocean, intragenic, nongenetic, reenacting. | |
-5 letters: ancienter, anointing, antigenic, argentine, arointing, cannoneer, cantering, cantoning, careening, carnitine, cartoning, centering, container, crenation, energetic, ignorance, incanting, incognita, inorganic, interning, neatening, nectarine, nonacting, orienting, originate, rationing, recanting, recoinage, recoining, retaining, tangerine. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 61 63 74 69 6F 6E 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e a c t i o n   E n g i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0061 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0045 006E 0067 0069 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52716769867581802398073758071 |
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