NUCLEAR ROCKET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

rocket; rocket engine (a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)

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