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hard start

hard start noun: an explosion in a rocket engine during startup, usually due to the presence of too much propellant prior to ignition.

Noun

hard start (plural hard starts)

  1. An explosion in a rocket engine during startup, usually due to the presence of too much propellant prior to ignition.

Forms of hard start

pluralhard starts

Questions about hard start

What does hard start mean?
Hard start means an explosion in a rocket engine during startup, usually due to the presence of too much propellant prior to ignition.
What part of speech is hard start?
Hard start is a noun.
What is the plural of hard start?
The plural of hard start is hard starts.

Words near hard start in the dictionary

  1. hard sledding
  2. hard soap
  3. hard soaps
  4. hard space
  5. hard spaces
  6. hard start
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  8. hard steel
  9. hard steels
  10. hard stop
  11. hard stops

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