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ROCKET PROPULSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rocket propulsion mean?
• ROCKET PROPULSION (noun)
The noun ROCKET PROPULSION has 1 sense:
1. reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen
Familiarity information: ROCKET PROPULSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("rocket propulsion" is a kind of...):
reaction propulsion (propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum)
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