English
Etymology
From after- + burner.
Pronunciation
Noun
afterburner (plural afterburners)
- (aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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)
- Indonesian: pembakar lanjut
- Irish: iardhóire m
- Japanese: アフターバーナー (afutābānā)
- Malay: pembakar lanjut
- 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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