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発音

• IPA: /pɹəˈpʌlʃən/

名詞

propulsion (countable and uncountable, plural propulsions)

1. The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
2. That which propels.
   • 1995, Joyce A. Hayes, Benjamin E. Goldberg, David M. Anderson, “Environmental Benefits of Chemical Propulsion”, in Ann F. Whitaker, editor, Aerospace Environmental Technology Conference, page 59:

     However, nuclear propulsion provides a very high specific impulse and consistent, long duration energy source.

   • 2013, Yung-Kang (Derby) Sun, Non-Propellant Propulsion for Space Flight, page 20:

     This propulsion provides an initial velocity for the vehicle in a short time span.

   • 2015, Peter Jedicke, Extreme Science: The Highway of Light and Other Man-Made Wonders, Scientific American:

     Solar-electric propulsion accelerates a spacecraft by means of a low-thrust ion jet.

派生語

関連する語

• propel

参照

• “propulsion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• propulsion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia