reaction-propulsion engine

English Thesaurus

1. a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	engine,
definition	:	motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	ion engine,
definition	:	a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space; a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	jet engine,
definition	:	a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion (noun.artifact)