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PROPELLENT

• PROPELLENT (noun)
The noun PROPELLENT has 1 sense:

1. something that propels

Familiarity information: PROPELLENT used as a noun is very rare.

• PROPELLENT (adjective)
The adjective PROPELLENT has 1 sense:

1. tending to or capable of propelling

Familiarity information: PROPELLENT used as an adjective is very rare.

• PROPELLENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something that propels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

propellant; propellent

Hypernyms ("propellent" is a kind of...):

matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "propellent"):

rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)

compressed gas (gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant)

• PROPELLENT (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tending to or capable of propelling

Synonyms:

propellant; propellent; propelling; propulsive

Context examples:

propellant fuel for submarines / the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency / universities...the seats of propulsive thought

Similar:

dynamic; dynamical (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality)

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Useful links:
matter definition
Pronunciation of substance
rocket fuel definition
Definition of rocket propellent
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