afterburner

See also: after-burner

English

From after- +‎ burner.

afterburner (plural afterburners)

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

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

Danish: efterbrænder (da) c
Dutch: naverbrander m, nabrander (nl) m
Finnish: jälkipoltin (fi)
Georgian: ფორსაჟის კამერა (porsažis ḳamera)
German: Nachbrenner (de) m
Hungarian: utánégető (hu)
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
Turkish: artyakıcı

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