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micropropulsion

micropropulsion noun: a propulsion system designed to generate extremely small levels of thrust for objects such as nanosatellites.

Noun

micropropulsion (countable and uncountable, plural micropropulsions)

  1. A propulsion system designed to generate extremely small levels of thrust for objects such as nanosatellites.

Forms of micropropulsion

pluralmicropropulsions

Origin of micropropulsion

From micro- + propulsion.

Questions about micropropulsion

What does micropropulsion mean?
Micropropulsion means a propulsion system designed to generate extremely small levels of thrust for objects such as nanosatellites.
What part of speech is micropropulsion?
Micropropulsion is a noun.
What is the plural of micropropulsion?
The plural of micropropulsion is micropropulsions.

Words near micropropulsion in the dictionary

  1. micropropaganda
  2. micropropagate
  3. micropropagated
  4. micropropagation
  5. micropropagations
  6. micropropulsion
  7. micropropulsions
  8. microprosodic
  9. microprosody
  10. microprotein
  11. microproteinaemia

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