Afterburning

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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