after burner in English
noun
1
an auxiliary burner fitted to the exhaust system of a turbojet engine to increase thrust.
The air bypassed the engine compressor and turbine, and using the afterburner as a ram-jet combustion chamber, the available thrust is greatly increased above a Mach number of 2.0
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1. Just before lift - off Kothiyal turned the engine ' s after - burner on for additional thrust and the LCA thundered into the firmament .