afterburning

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɑːftəˌbɜːnɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(af′tər bûr′ning, äf′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
af•ter•burn•ing  (af′tər bûr′ning, äf′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Aeronauticscombustion in an afterburner that results from the injection of fuel into the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust with more efficient fuel consumption.
  2. Rocketryan irregular burning of residual fuel in some rocket motors after the cessation of the main burning.
  • after + burning, translation of German Nachbrennen 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
afterburning / ˈɑːftəˌbɜːnɪŋ/
  1. Also called: reheat a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust
'afterburning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
afterburner - reheat - thrust augmentation

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