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/ˈaftərˌbərnər/,
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afterburners, plural;
  1. An auxiliary burner fitted to the exhaust system of a turbojet engine to increase thrust

  1. a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
  2. An afterburner (or reheat) is an additional component added to some jet engines, primarily those on military supersonic aircraft. ...
  3. Afterburner is the ninth studio album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Afterburner was a financial success, going several times platinum and launching several hit singles.
  4. Afterburner is a roller coaster at Fun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo in Angola, Indiana. It was the only operating roller coaster with an inversion in the state of Indiana until 2008 when Steel Hawg opened at Indiana Beach. ...
  5. The Afterburner lighting kit by Triton Labs is an aftermarket modification to the Game Boy Advance in which a frontlight is installed into the unit.
  6. The Afterburner (sold as the Fireball in the U.S) is a ride produced by KMG, with strong similarities to the Huss Frisbee. The standard version of the ride is designed to travel on two trailers, and features six gondolas seating four passengers each, while larger static models feature 8 gondolas.
  7. Afterburner is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
  8. 125 High Speed Mode (or 125HSM) is Broadcom's proprietary frame-bursting and compression technology to improve 802.11g wireless LAN performance. The throughput transmission speed limit when using 125HSM is claimed to be up to 35%-40% higher than standard 802.11g.
  9. (Afterburners) (for Dark matter engine) – Give 200% fuel efficiency to the dark matter engines of the Planet Express ship.
  10. In incinerator technology, a burner located so that the combustion gases are ...
  11. the auxiliary combustion chamber in the aft section of the jet engine, into which raw fuel is sprayed, resulting in increased thrust; see JET PROPULSION, FAST MOVER, JUICE, BLOWER, BUSTER, SONIC BOOM. ...
  12. A device for burning excess Carbon wastes produced by the engine so that Air pollution is reduced.
  13. Device that injects additional fuel into the specially designed jetpipe of a turbojet to provide augmented thrust. Also called reheat.
  14. or burner – Assembly that injects pure fuel into a metal tube that extends aft of the basic engine, and ignites it. Most fighters have them. Increases thrust by fifty percent or more, but fuel consumption goes up ten times or more. ...
  15. Thrust augmentation feature of a gas turbine engine.
  16. additional fuel is injected and burned after the turbine of a jet engine, providing more thrust, especially for supersonic flights or more accelleration in military aircraft
  17. or reheat (chiefly UK) — (mainly military) Produces extra thrust by burning extra fuel, usually inefficiently, to significantly raise Nozzle Entry Temperature at the exhaust. Owing to a larger volume flow (i.e. ...