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Definition of Jet-propelled
1. Adjective. Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine.
Definition of Jet-propelled
1. Adjective. propelled by a jet engine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jet-propelled
Literary usage of Jet-propelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Naval Architecture for Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1900)
"The results were strikingly in favour of the twin-screw boat. She attained 10
knots with 90 IHP, while the jet-propelled ..."
2. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland by Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1904)
"While, therefore, a jet-propelled vessel could hold her own against these, ...
If the modern screw ship steamed 10 knots, the jet-propelled ship with the ..."
3. A Manual of Naval Architecture: For the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1882)
"The twin-screw boat attained 9£ knots with 80 indicated horsepower : while her
jet-propelled rival attained 8 knots with rather more indicated horse-power. ..."
4. Hydraulics by Stanley Dunkerley (1908)
"Thorneycroft constructed a jet-propelled boat with scoop and a second-class ...
Thus the screw boat has twice the efficiency of a jet-propelled boat, ..."
5. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"The first alternative suggested to him that they should energetically develop
the jet-propelled rotor principle, since it was at short-range that such a ..."
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