turbofann.
/ˈtəːbəʊfan/, U.S. /ˈtərboʊˌfæn/ 1. A fan connected to or driven by a turbine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > turbine > [noun] > parts of > other parts
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1911 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers XL. 580 The smaller efficiency of the turbo-fan.
2. Aeronautics. A jet engine employing such a fan for additional thrust; = fan-jet n. at fan n.1 Compounds 2.
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1949 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) ii. 17 Ducted-fan turbine engine, turbo-fan, a gas turbine engine in which a portion of the net energy is used to drive a ducted fan.
1961 Aeroplane 100 394/1 Operational airline experience with the double-flow engine (this term is used here to cover both the British by-pass types and the U.S. and Russian turbofans) began just a year ago.
1980 R. L. Duncan Brimstone x. 261 A cruise missile..propelled by a jet turbofan.
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Used attributively to designate a jet engine of this type (sense 2).
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1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 July 10/1 The turbofan engine is the latest in the family of jet power plants.
1970 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 14/4 Large turbofan engines of the Spey type tend to expel ingested objects along the cold fan duct, so that they do not enter the engine core.
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