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Afterburning
1. Irregular burning of fuel left in the
firing chamber
or a rocket after fuel
cutoff.
2. The function of an
afterburner, a device for augmenting
the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel in the uncombined
oxygen in the gases from the turbine.
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
