English Explanatory Dictionary

resistojet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of spacecraft propulsion (electric propulsion) that provides thrust by heating a (typically non-reactive) fluid.
  2. A spacecraft that uses such method of propulsion.

Word forms

resistojet resistojets resisto-jet

Etymology

From resist + -o- + jet.

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