English Explanatory Dictionary

propulsion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
  2. That which propels.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈpʌlʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-propulsion.wav

Word forms

propulsion propulsions

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin propulsio, propulsionis, from the past participle of Latin propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).

Related words

propel

Derived words

astronaut propulsion unit gravitational propulsion jet propulsion nonpropulsion overpropulsion propulsionless retropropulsion
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