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jet propulsion science definition
- The driving of an aircraft by the powerful thrust developed when a jet of gas is forced out of a jet engine.
- Propulsion by means of any fluid that is forced out in a stream in the opposite direction. Squids, octopuses, and cuttlefish, for example, jet their way through the ocean by taking in and then quickly expelling water.
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