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fission rocket

fission rocket noun: a spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.

Noun

fission rocket (plural fission rockets)

  1. A spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
  2. A nuclear-pulse rocket that uses fission-based atomic bombs to supply propulsive force.

Forms of fission rocket

pluralfission rockets

Questions about fission rocket

What does fission rocket mean?
Fission rocket means a spacecraft having a fission reactor that powers the rocket.
What part of speech is fission rocket?
Fission rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of fission rocket?
The plural of fission rocket is fission rockets.

Words near fission rocket in the dictionary

  1. fission bombs
  2. fission fragment
  3. fission fragments
  4. fission product
  5. fission products
  6. fission rocket
  7. fission rockets
  8. fission-fusion society
  9. fissionabilities
  10. fissionability
  11. fissionable

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