PROPULSION


Meaning of PROPULSION in English

■ noun the action of driving or pushing forward.

Derivatives

propulsive adjective

propulsively adverb

Origin

C17: from med. L. propulsio(n-) , from L. propellere 'drive before (oneself)'.

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