propellant
پروپیلےنٹ
definition
noun
Liquid helium from a tank in the lunar module was used to assure a steady flow of propellants to the descent engine.
a thing or substance that causes something to move or be driven forward or outward, in particular.
adjective
propellant gases
capable of propelling something.
example
Fourthly, the room used to fill the satellites with 'propellant' has ducts around the outside.
Most NASA spacecraft rely on some form of chemical 'propellant' to push themselves through space.
Once again, the speaker took a moment to state that he felt this method would eventually become feasible, once the problems of hyperbolic re-entry and high-energy 'propellant' use in return stages were faced.
However, the use of this explosive mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur as a 'propellant' for bullets from firearms, and thus gun powder, is a western development and one which took place gradually from the 13th century.
Such a maneuver would require a significant amount of 'propellant' for conventional rocket systems.
Many of the wars in this century were fought with TNT as the main explosive and with gunpowder as the main 'propellant' of bullets and artillery shells.
The cases are cleaned, inspected and reassembled for 'propellant' casting, and a new nozzle and igniter are installed.
Again, these factors are very important to soldiers who want to present the smallest possible opportunity for the enemy to locate them based on muzzle flash and 'propellant' smoke.
The extra 'propellant' provides an additional 50 tonnes of thrust in the first 20 seconds following liftoff.
Only 59 kilograms of xenon 'propellant' were used.
With the improvement in 'propellant' in the second stage came an increase of thrust plume temperature.
The rapidly expanding gases from the burning 'propellant' force the projectile through the cannon tube.
Argon is also an ideal carrier gas, a 'propellant' with no propensity to react.
To get to the Moon she expended only about 60 kilograms of xenon 'propellant' .
If this happens through a critical component, such as the flight computer or 'propellant' tank, this could be fatal.
The high-pressure 'propellant' gas drives the liquid product up the plastic tube and out through the nozzle.
Aerosol sprays contain one or more pesticides in a solvent and a 'propellant' gas.
Once extracted, these resources could be used for life support, 'propellant' production, and construction and shielding.
They do not require 'propellant' loading on the launch pad, and they can be stored for long periods.
Perchlorate is the primary ingredient of solid rocket 'propellant' that is increasingly found in soil and water.
He also theorized that liquid propellant made for a far more powerful and efficient fuel for rockets than solid 'propellant' .
Just about everything should be easily removable except the main 'propellant' tanks.
These metal cans are capped with valves that seal the pressurized 'propellant' in the can and control dispensing of the contents.
This gas has long been used as a 'propellant' in aerosol sprays and in refrigerators.
More like rocket engines, jets produce thrust by burning 'propellant' (jet fuel mixed with air) and forcing the rapidly expanding gases rearward.
The two-stage missile is equipped with solid 'propellant' booster and sustainer rocket motors.
The exhaust from an ion engine travels up to 10 times faster than does the exhaust from a chemical engine, generating far more thrust per pound of 'propellant' .
Alternatively, the aerosol container may be inverted allowing direct access to the 'propellant' via the dip tube.
The first two stages used liquid fuel, the third stage solid 'propellant' .
When the firing pin strikes the primer, it ignites the 'propellant' .
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