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nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

nuclear-thermoelectric rocket noun: a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.

Noun

nuclear-thermoelectric rocket (plural nuclear-thermoelectric rockets)

  1. a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.

Forms of nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

pluralnuclear-thermoelectric rockets

Questions about nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

What does nuclear-thermoelectric rocket mean?
Nuclear-thermoelectric rocket means a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.
What part of speech is nuclear-thermoelectric rocket?
Nuclear-thermoelectric rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear-thermoelectric rocket?
The plural of nuclear-thermoelectric rocket is nuclear-thermoelectric rockets.

Words near nuclear-thermoelectric rocket in the dictionary

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

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