1. A type of jet engine that operates by intermittent combustion and compression cycles, producing thrust through a series of rapid pulses rather than continuous flow.
Usage: technical; aeronautical engineering

Examples

• The pulsojet engine was used to power some experimental aircraft during World War II.
• Unlike conventional turbojets, a pulsojet has no moving compressor or turbine.
• The German V-1 flying bomb was famously powered by a pulsojet engine.
• Engineers studied the pulsojet design for its simplicity and low manufacturing cost.
• A pulsojet operates through a series of controlled explosions in its combustion chamber.