English Explanatory Dictionary

nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.

Word forms

nuclear-thermoelectric rocket nuclear-thermoelectric rockets

Related words

nuclear-electric rocket nuclear-thermal rocket nuclear-pulse rocket nuclear rocket electric rocket
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