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pulsejet engine

or pulse-jet engine

[ puhls-jet ]

noun

, Aeronautics.
  1. a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulsejet engine1

First recorded in 1945–50; pulse 1 + jet 1

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