raketmotor

Definitions of raketmotor
  1. noun
    a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
    synonyms: lanceerraket, raket
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    types:
    meertrapsraket, stuwraket, voorversterker
    the first stage of a multistage rocket
    ruimteraket
    a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space
    type of:
    straalbuismotor, straalmotor
    a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
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