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propellant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun propellant has 1 sense
- propellant(n = noun.substance) propellent - any substance that propels; Array is a kind of substance
has particulars: rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent, compressed gas
Derived forms verb propel1, adjective propellant1
Adjective propellant has 1 sense
- propellant(s = adj.all) propellent, propelling, propulsive - tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" Derived forms verb propel1, noun propellant1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
propellant, n.
1 a thing that propels.
2 an explosive that fires bullets etc. from a firearm.
3 a substance used as a reagent in a rocket engine etc. to provide thrust.
1 a thing that propels.
2 an explosive that fires bullets etc. from a firearm.
3 a substance used as a reagent in a rocket engine etc. to provide thrust.
THESAURUS
propellant
active, airscrew, alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, catalyst, charcoal, charge, coal, coke, combustible, dope, driver, driving, ethane, ethanol, exhaust, fan, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, impeller, impelling, impetus, impulse, in motion, incentive, incitation, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, jet propulsion, kerosene, liquid oxygen, methane, methanol, mobile, motile, motivation, motivational, motive, motor, moving, natural gas, octane, oil, paddle wheel, paraffin, peat, pentane, piston, prop, propane, propeller, propelling, propulsion charge, propulsive, propulsor, propulsory, provocative, pulsive, pushing, reaction propulsion, rocket fuel, rocket propulsion, rotor, screw, screw propeller, shoving, spur, stimulant, stirring, thrust, transitional, traveling, turbine, turf, twin screws, wheel
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