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air-breathing engine
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