NUCLEAR PROPULSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("nuclear propulsion" is a kind of...):

propulsion (a propelling force)

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