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propulsive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective propulsive has 2 senses
- propulsive(a = adj.pert) Array - having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient"
- propulsive(s = adj.all) propellant, propellent, propelling - 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 form verb propel1
CIDE DICTIONARY
propulsive, a.
Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
propulsive
Propulsion
N propulsion, projection, propelment, vis a tergo, force from behind, push, shove, ejaculate, ejection, throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy, launch, release, projectiles, ballistics, archery, propeller, screw, twin screws, turbine, jet engine, missile, projectile, ball, discus, quoit, brickbat, shot, arrow, gun, ballista, countdown, windup, shooter, shot, archer, toxophilite, bowman, rifleman, marksman, good shot, crack shot, sharpshooter, propelled, propelling, propulsive, projectile.
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