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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 oxygenplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCKET PROPULSION (noun)


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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