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noun
- 1. an aircraft powered by one or more jet engines: "during an air show, the audience is always fascinated by the speed of jet aircraft"
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A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines. Whereas the engines in propeller-powered aircraft generally achieve their maximum efficiency at much lower speeds and altitudes, jet engines achieve maximum efficiency at speeds close to or even well above the speed of sound. Jet aircraft generally cruise most efficiently at ab... Wikipedia