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propulsive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on urging. ``[The] propulsive movement of the verse.'' --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: propulsive adj 1: having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient" 2: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" [syn: {propellant}, {propellent}, {propelling}]
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