REACTION PROPULSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reaction propulsion mean? 

• REACTION PROPULSION (noun)
  The noun REACTION PROPULSION has 1 sense:

1. propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum

  Familiarity information: REACTION PROPULSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REACTION PROPULSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("reaction propulsion" is a kind of...):

propulsion (a propelling force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reaction propulsion"):

jet propulsion (propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear)

rocket propulsion (reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen)