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nuclear-thermal rocket

nuclear-thermal rocket noun: a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor.

Noun

nuclear-thermal rocket (plural nuclear-thermal rockets)

  1. a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor

Forms of nuclear-thermal rocket

pluralnuclear-thermal rockets

Words formed from nuclear-thermal rocket

Questions about nuclear-thermal rocket

What does nuclear-thermal rocket mean?
Nuclear-thermal rocket means a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor.
What part of speech is nuclear-thermal rocket?
Nuclear-thermal rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear-thermal rocket?
The plural of nuclear-thermal rocket is nuclear-thermal rockets.

Words near nuclear-thermal rocket in the dictionary

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

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