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PROPULSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propulsive mean?
• PROPULSIVE (adjective)
The adjective PROPULSIVE has 2 senses:
1. having the power to propel
2. tending to or capable of propelling
Familiarity information: PROPULSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the power to propel
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
propulsive coefficient
Pertainym:
propulsion (a propelling force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending to or capable of propelling
Synonyms:
propellant; propellent; propelling; propulsive
Context example:
universities...the seats of propulsive thought
Similar:
dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)
Derivation:
propel (cause to move forward with force)
Context examples
This agent has a direct relaxing effect on smooth muscle and therefore prevents spasms in the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract, inhibits gastrointestinal propulsive motility, decreases gastric acid secretion and controls excessive pharyngeal, tracheal and bronchial secretion.
(Dicyclomine, NCI Thesaurus)
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