HyperDic: rocket_propulsion

English > 1 sense of the expression rocket propulsion:
NOUNphenomenonrocket propulsionreaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion
English > rocket propulsion: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningreaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen.
Broaderreaction propulsionpropulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
Adjectivesrocket-propelledpropelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine

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