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What is an afterburner?

What is an afterburner? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (aviation) A device in the engine of an aircraft which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
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The unit destroys all organic matter as the exhaust gases pass through the afterburner to a heat exchange that significantly cuts dust collection requirements.
It may be as high as the 1000K exhaust gas temperature for a supersonic afterburning engine or 2200K with afterburner lit.
Because of its smaller thrust and lack of an afterburner, it has a lower removal rate than the F100 engines analyzed.
Navy as their primary jet fighter in the Korean War period, and it was one of the first jet fighters to employ an afterburner.
Investigation of the left engine revealed a ruptured afterburner fuel line deep inside the engine bay.
Each time the team fired the engine's afterburner, the ground and neighboring buildings shook.

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