pulsejet

See also: pulse jet

English

Alternative forms

• pulsojet

Etymology

From pulse +‎ jet.

Noun

pulsejet (plural pulsejets)

1. (aeronautics) a valved jet engine where combustion occurs in pulses, as used in the V-1 flying bomb

Related terms

• pulse detonation engine
• ramjet
• scramjet
• turbojet

Translations

type of engine

• Dutch: pulserende straalmotor
• Finnish: sysäysputkimoottori
• German: Pulsstrahltriebwerk n, Verpuffungsstrahltriebwerk n
• Japanese: パルスジェット (tābojettoenjin)
• Russian: воздушно-реактивный двигатель m (vozdušno-reaktivnyj dvigatelʹ), пульси́рующий возду́шно-реакти́вный дви́гатель m (pulʹsírujuščij vozdúšno-reaktívnyj dvígatelʹ)
• Spanish: pulsorreactor m