[
UK
/pɹəpˈʌlsɪv/
]
ADJECTIVE
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tending to or capable of propelling
universities...the seats of propulsive thought
the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency
propellant fuel for submarines -
having the power to propel
propulsive coefficient
How To Use propulsive In A Sentence
- The propulsive thrust that can be produced by these types of waves has been calculated.
- Ramjet engine is ideal propulsive equipment for new supersonic missile, and supersonic inlets are important components.
- It is emotion which supplies what may be termed propulsive power to thought.
- A conspicuous feature of fish locomotion is the wide diversity of both propulsors and the way these propulsors move and interact with the water to generate propulsive forces.
- propulsive coefficient
- For the high Reynolds numbers commonly associated with insects, birds, and fish, these propulsive forces are generally well described by inviscid flow theory.
- It proves propulsive, tense and highly watchable. Times, Sunday Times
- They obtained propulsive rates of 87% and 93% when swallowing liquids and solids respectively.
- Most fish swim by laterally undulating or oscillating their body and propulsive caudal fin.
- And at the very end of the engine's usefulness as a propulsive force, we see a further black shape detach itself from the plane.
