An
airbreathing jet engine (or
ducted jet engine) is a
jet engine propelled by a jet of hot exhaust gases formed from heated and expanded air that is drawn into the engine via a
compressor, typically a
centrifugal or
axial type. They are typically
gas turbine engines. The opposite of airbreathing jet engines are non-airbreathing jet engines, such as
rocket engines, for example, which are propelled by a jet of hot gases created by the chemical reaction of two or more compounds internally. While the majority of the mass flow of an airbreathing jet engine is provided by air taken from outside of the engine and heated internally, using energy stored in the form of fuel, a rocket engine's fuel provides both the energy and the mass flow to create thrust.