reaction engine

1. 1.

   a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream

   Synonymsreaction-propulsion engine

   Broaderengine

   Narrowerion enginejet engine

Questions about reaction engine

What does reaction engine mean?

reaction engine means "a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream".

What is another word for reaction engine?

Close synonyms include reaction-propulsion engine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reaction engine a common word?

reaction engine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.