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(aviation) A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft..
Turbofans are always multispool engines.
Use turbofan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Turbofan means (aviation) A turbojet engine having a (usually ducted) fan that drives a stream of air that partly bypasses the turbojet portion; in high-bypass-ratio types, most of the thrust comes from the bypass portion rather than the turbojet portion, and this can be thought of in simplistic terms as that the turbojet portion drives the fan and the fan propels the aircraft..
Common synonyms include fanjet, turbojet, turbofan engine, turbojet engine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Turbofans are always multispool engines.
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