American English pronunciation
How to pronounce propulsion
IPA transcription: [pɹə'pʌlʃən]
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Noun
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a propelling force
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the act of propelling
Usage examples
- The Mitsubishi Electric propulsion system was retained, having performed better than expected.
- The main target was to provide mechanical energy in factories and for naval propulsion.
- MagBeam propulsion uses a helicon plasma source to produce a plasma beam.
- “Grinder” is a widespread Anglicism that denotes a propulsion method for winches on sailing yachts.
- For propulsion, she had three sets of duck-foot paddles and a large rudder.
- These types of propulsion cylinders are now commonly called Flettner rotors.
- Two-stroke engines are utilized for propulsion.
- This is similar in principle to nuclear thermal and solar thermal propulsion.
- This concept vehicle used a cushion of air as propulsion on a circular dais.
- The propulsion system did not appear to be affected by the initial event.