Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An aircraft powered by two jet engines.

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  • noun aviation An aircraft powered by two jet engines.
  • noun physics Two jets of particles from an event or source

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  • noun a jet plane propelled by two jet engines

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Examples

  • The MS-21 twinjet, which is still under development, is to replace the aging Tu-154, which currently accounts for the lion's share of passenger traffic in Russia and the CIS.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • In advance of this rulemaking, Bombardier has decided to implement automatic, outward popping over-wing exit doors on its new CSeries twinjet, which is expected to enter into service in the latter part of 2013.

    HEADLINES 2009

  • Bombardier is now developing the 110/130-seat CSeries twinjet, which is expected to enter service in 2013.

    HEADLINES 2009

  • Bombardier is now developing the 110/130-seat CSeries twinjet, which is expected to enter service in 2013.

    HEADLINES 2009

  • This latest footage shows the progress that Boeing is making with its delayed twinjet, which is scheduled to make its first flight around the end of April.

    HEADLINES 2009

  • For more than 360 of the larger twinjet CRJ 700-series models built by Canada's Bombardier Inc. and flown by U.S. carriers, the Federal Aviation Administration proposes to inspect, and in some cases replace, various parts that measure the upward angle of wings during flight.

    FAA Issues Safety Directives for 960 Bombardier Regional Jets 2010

  • A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said the right engine of the twinjet Airbus 320, which the board previously believed had detached from the plane, was seen by divers Saturday still hanging off the wing.

    Hoisting Jet Proves a Challenge 2009

  • The new 777 is a widebody twinjet that entered service earlier this year.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Qatar Airways, which operates 25 A320-family aircraft and has orders for 20 more, is still evaluating a possible deal for Bombardier's CSeries twinjet.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • The XWB model is the only engine available for the A350 twinjet.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

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