American English pronunciation

How to pronounce propulsion

IPA transcription: [pɹə'pʌlʃən]

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Noun

  • a propelling force

  • 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.