REACTION PROPULSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)