jet aircraft

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A jet aircraft is an airplane propelled by jet engines rather than propellers.

Jet engines work by expelling exhaust gases at high speed, producing thrust.

Most commercial airliners and military fighters are jet aircraft: The jet aircraft climbed rapidly to cruising altitude.

Often shortened to simply jet.

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