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rocket propulsion

DEFINITIONS OF: rocket propulsion

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n reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen

Type of:
reaction propulsion
propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
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