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nuclear-pulse rocket

nuclear-pulse rocket noun: a rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft.

Noun

nuclear-pulse rocket (plural nuclear-pulse rockets)

  1. a rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft

Forms of nuclear-pulse rocket

pluralnuclear-pulse rockets

Questions about nuclear-pulse rocket

What does nuclear-pulse rocket mean?
Nuclear-pulse rocket means a rocket that uses the impulse imparted by the detonation of nuclear bombs as the propulsive force to propel the spacecraft.
What part of speech is nuclear-pulse rocket?
Nuclear-pulse rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear-pulse rocket?
The plural of nuclear-pulse rocket is nuclear-pulse rockets.

Words near nuclear-pulse rocket in the dictionary

  1. nuclear-electric rocket
  2. nuclear-electric rockets
  3. nuclear-free
  4. nuclear-free zone
  5. nuclear-free zones
  6. nuclear-pulse rocket
  7. nuclear-pulse rockets
  8. nuclear-thermal rocket
  9. nuclear-thermal rockets
  10. nuclear-thermoelectric rocket
  11. nuclear-thermoelectric rockets

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