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Propulsive

adjective
1.
Having the power to propel.
2.
Tending to or capable of propelling.  Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propelling.  "The faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency" , "Universities...the seats of propulsive thought"





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"Propulsive" Quotes from Famous Books



... experiment was made in the Firth of Forth on the 2d of June 1787. The vessel was double-hulled, and was worked by a capstan of five bars. The experiment was on the whole successful. But the chief difficulty was in the propulsive power. After a spurt of an hour or so, the men became tired with their laborious work. Mr. Taylor, student of divinity, and tutor of Mr. Miller's sons, was on board, and seeing the exhausted state of the men at the capstan, suggested the employment of steam-power. Mr. Miller ...
— James Nasmyth's Autobiography • James Nasmyth


Words linked to "Propulsive" :   propel, dynamic, propellent, propelling, propellant, dynamical, propulsion


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