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NUCLEAR PROPULSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("nuclear propulsion" is a kind of...):
propulsion (a propelling force)
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