propulsion
English Thesaurus
1. the act of propelling (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | launch, launching, |
| definition | : | the act of propelling with force (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | launching, |
| definition | : | the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bowl, roll, |
| definition | : | the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | throw, |
| definition | : | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | push, pushing, |
| definition | : | the act of applying force in order to move something away (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | pull, pulling, |
| definition | : | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | heave, lift, raise, |
| definition | : | the act of raising something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jump, jumping, |
| definition | : | the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lob, |
| definition | : | the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | rolling, wheeling, |
| definition | : | propelling something on wheels (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shooting, shot, |
| definition | : | the act of firing a projectile (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dribble, dribbling, |
| definition | : | the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks (noun.act) |
2. a propelling force (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | force, |
| definition | : | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | nuclear propulsion, |
| definition | : | the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets) (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | reaction propulsion, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.phenomenon) |
3. the act of propelling (noun.act)
| derivation | : | impel, propel, |
| definition | : | cause to move forward with force (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | impel, propel, |
| definition | : | cause to move forward with force (verb.contact) |
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