English Explanatory Dictionary

fission rocket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
  2. A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.

Word forms

fission rocket fission rockets

Related words

nuclear rocket fusion rocket Bussard ramjet nuclear-electric rocket nuclear-thermal rocket nuclear-thermoelectric rocket pulse rocket anti-matter rocket
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