PROPULSION


Meaning of PROPULSION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

jet propulsion

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

jet

Somewhere inside itself, the thing had a sort of jet propulsion .

Both creatures can, like the nautilus, use jet propulsion on occasion.

rocket

Remember that the principle of rocket propulsion simply requires high-speed molecules to push against the rocket.

This is the secret of rocket propulsion .

system

As with the service propulsion system , the propellants were force-fed to the engine by pressurized helium from a storage tank.

This kind of propulsion system is called a solar thermal rocket.

Refinements for the propulsion system came from a group working with Kensaku Imaichi at Osaka University.

In terms of the demands placed on spacecraft propulsion systems , Uranus is easiest and Neptune is second.

It also provided the main propulsion system for the Apollo spacecraft.

As it turned out, the propulsion system performed normally.

The Voith Schneider propulsion system provided the high level of manoeuvrability required for port operations and for barge handling in the estuary.

The company said it was selling to concentrate on building tanks, howitzers, propulsion systems and Cosworth engines.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

jet propulsion

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As with the service propulsion system, the propellants were force-fed to the engine by pressurized helium from a storage tank.

But power for activities in the belt and for propulsion of spacecraft is harder to find.

First and most radical, a new means of propulsion other than the internal combustion engine might be considered.

The most significant of these may be the use of helium-3 in spacecraft propulsion , in a fusion rocket.

The pods themselves were quite complex, but essentially they were multi-skinned torpedoes equipped with minimal propulsion and life-support systems.

Their fins and tail are freed for guidance and rapid propulsion .

Their swim fins are extra long to provide maximum propulsion and minimum strain.

This kind of propulsion system is called a solar thermal rocket.

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