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- Definição1
- An engine that sustains its combustion by using oxygen from the incoming air. Both reciprocating and gas turbine engines are air-breathing, whereas a rocket carries its own oxygen and, hence, is not an air-breathing engine.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Português
- motor aerotérmico