a type of bypass engine in which a large fan driven by a turbine and housed in a short duct forces air rearwards around the exhaust gases in order to increase the propulsive thrust
2.
an aircraft driven by one or more turbofans
3.
the ducted fan in such an engine
Also called (for senses 1, 2): fanjet
turbofan in American English
(ˈtɜrboʊˌfæn)
noun
1.
a fanlike turbojet engine designed to create additional thrust by diverting a secondary airflow around the combustion chamber
: in full turbofan engine
2.
a fan driven by a turbine
Examples of 'turbofan' in a sentence
turbofan
It was a very quiet flight, only the whine of the turbofan engines to keep the living and the dead company.