NUCLEAR ROCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear rocket mean? 

• NUCLEAR ROCKET (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR ROCKET has 1 sense:

1. a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR ROCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nuclear rocket" is a kind of...):

rocket; rocket engine (a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)