FLAMEOUT

Flameout

A flameout refers to the failure of a jet engine caused by the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber. It can be caused by a number of factors, including fuel exhaustion; compressor stall; insufficient oxygen supply; foreign object damage ; severe inclement weather; and mechanical failure.

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flame out

Verb

  1. Of processes and equipment involving combustion, to fail due to extinction of flame.
  2. To fail, usually spectacularly.
  3. burn up, fire up, flame up, flare up


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flameout

Noun

  1. The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
  2. The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
    The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts.
  3. The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)


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