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• Fish move using a flutter of their body to propel themselves through the water. Some also derive propulsion or maneuverability from their fins' flutter.From the entry flutter
• Hotel load is simply the power consumed by all subsystems other than propulsion.2009, J. G. Bellingham, “Platforms: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles”, in Steve A. Thorpe, editor, Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences…. From the entry hotel load
• Propulsion scientists call the ideal material for turbine engines "Unobtainium," because it does not exist.1987, Air Force Magazine, page 58. From the entry unobtainium
• Auxiliary power units provide electricity to all systems aboard a ship except main propulsion.1986 February, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, “Other Transportation Applications”, in Marine Applications for…. From the entry hotel load
• McClure, for diesel propulsion on railways was then more or less in its infancy.1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 195. From the entry infancy
• Standup paddling can be described as surfing with training wheels, although you provide the propulsion, not the waves.2012, Insight Guides: New England, →ISBN. From the entry with training wheels
• Intrinsic to the propulsion of the bullroarer is the string and the hole the string is attached to.1999, Tom Hackett, “Bullroarers”, in David Wescott, editor, Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills, page 133. From the entry bullroarer
• As mentioned above, the submerged propulsion plant was put out of commission due to deranged control equipment and motor damage.1949 January 1, Bureau of Ships, “U.S.S. PERCH (SS176), Loss in Action, Java Sea, 3 March 1942”, in Submarine Report: Depth Charge, Bomb…. From the entry deranged
• The swim fins and paddle mitts are the only means of steering and propulsion as no paddle is carried on a river bug.2012, Melville Saayman, editor, Introduction to Sports Tourism and Event Management, Sun Press, page 341. From the entry river bug
• He found the relaxed atmosphere fresh and exciting and actually began to excel in many areas of flight systems, propulsion, and even xenogeography.2009, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Nightsword: A Starshield Novel. From the entry xenogeography
• Engines that use fire have been sources of power and propulsion only in the past several centuries, and have succeeded in liberating humankind from drudgery.2007, Kalyan Annamalai, Ishwar K. Puri, “Introduction and Review of Thermodynamics”, in Combustion Science and Engineering (CRC Series in…. From the entry drudgery
• We explore a propeller based propulsion system, arranged in such a way that the translational and the rotational components can be decoupled, resulting in an holonomic hexarotor.2016, Pedro Roque, Rodrigo Ventura, “Space CoBot: a collaborative aerial robot for indoor microgravity environments”, in arXiv. From the entry hexarotor
• Stability was restored, but once the re-entry propulsion was activated, the crew was told to prepare to come home before the end of their only day in orbit.2012 October 25, John Noble Wilford, “Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82”, in New York Times. From the entry tell
• The power generation and propulsion systems are dualled to accommodate component failure and maintain propulsion at reduced speed should any part of one system be lost.2006, David Lowe, Intermodal Freight Transport, page 163. From the entry dual
• International Rule 25(e) requires the use of a cone, with point downward, as a day shape on all sailing vessels using machinery for propulsion while its sails are up.2006, Elbert S. Maloney, Chapman Piloting & Seamanship, page 145. From the entry day shape
• During this period, a different set of abnormal mouth-movements made their appearance: forced protrusions of the lips, propulsion of the tongue, and occasional choreic dartings of the tongue.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings. From the entry darting

Meaning of propulsion

1. noun The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
2. noun That which propels.

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How do you use propulsion in a sentence?

Propulsion is used as a noun. For example: “Fish move using a flutter of their body to propel themselves through the water. Some also derive propulsion or maneuverability from their fins' flutter.”

What is a short sentence with propulsion?

“Solar-electric propulsion accelerates a spacecraft by means of a low-thrust ion jet.”

What does propulsion mean?

Propulsion means the process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.