Explore Afterburners through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Afterburners meaning
plural of afterburner
Using Afterburners
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of afterburner
- In the example corpus, afterburners often appears in combinations such as: with afterburners, the afterburners.
Context around Afterburners
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Afterburners
- In this selection, "afterburners" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thirsty and air stand out and add context to how "afterburners" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are called afterburners and engines with afterburners air force. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "afterburners" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with afterburners
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In American English these are called afterburners. (7 words)
The study of this version envisioned the use of liquid hydrogen for the afterburners. (14 words)
One key requirement was that the demonstrators be able to “supercruise” at supersonic speed without using their fuel-thirsty afterburners. (20 words)
I just watched a young Normegian kid (20 or 21) who had been lolling along in second in the relay blow past the dude in first and take off with afterburners on. (32 words)
It has a highly advanced radar, it can supercruise (maintain Mach 1+ flight without the use of afterburners), and it could be armed with long range air-to-air missiles. (30 words)
Concerned, Van de Ven took it upon himself to practise until he had perfected the sprint that now draws appreciation from Tottenham supporters when he turns on those afterburners. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
Concerned, Van de Ven took it upon himself to practise until he had perfected the sprint that now draws appreciation from Tottenham supporters when he turns on those afterburners.
It has a highly advanced radar, it can supercruise (maintain Mach 1+ flight without the use of afterburners), and it could be armed with long range air-to-air missiles.
One key requirement was that the demonstrators be able to “supercruise” at supersonic speed without using their fuel-thirsty afterburners.
The F-22 is built with two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners, Air Force statements said.
I just watched a young Normegian kid (20 or 21) who had been lolling along in second in the relay blow past the dude in first and take off with afterburners on.
In American English these are called afterburners.
The study of this version envisioned the use of liquid hydrogen for the afterburners.
Common combinations with afterburners
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: