NUCLEAR PROPULSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear propulsion mean? 

• NUCLEAR PROPULSION (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR PROPULSION has 1 sense:

1. the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR PROPULSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR PROPULSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("nuclear propulsion" is a kind of...):

propulsion (a propelling force)