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ROCKET PROPULSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("rocket propulsion" is a kind of...):
reaction propulsion (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)
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