propellant
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Etymology
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Noun
propellant (countable and uncountable, plural propellants)
- anything that propels
- fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use
- the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content
- 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech[1]:
- Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound.
- the explosive (cordite, gunpowder, etc) found in ammunition cartridges
Synonyms
- (fuel, oxidizer): prop (abbreviation)
Derived terms
- bipropellant
- (fuel, oxidizer): prop (abbreviation)
- jet propellant
- monopropellant
- nonpropellant
- propellantless
- rocket propellant 1
Translations
anything that propels
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engine fuel carried within a vehicle prior to use
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compressed gas used to expel the content from a pressurised container
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Adjective
propellant
- Alternative spelling of propellent.
Latin
Verb
prōpellant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of prōpellō