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JET PROPULSION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does jet propulsion mean?

• JET PROPULSION (noun)
The noun JET PROPULSION has 1 sense:

1. propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

Familiarity information: JET PROPULSION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• JET PROPULSION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("jet 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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