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torchship

torchship noun: a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).

Noun

torchship (plural torchships)

  1. A spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
  2. A spacecraft whose propulsion system has both very high thrust and very high specific impulse.

Forms of torchship

pluraltorchships

Origin of torchship

Compound of torch (“a torch drive”) + ship.

Questions about torchship

What does torchship mean?
Torchship means a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
What part of speech is torchship?
Torchship is a noun.
What is the plural of torchship?
The plural of torchship is torchships.

Words near torchship in the dictionary

  1. torchmen
  2. torchon
  3. torchon paper
  4. torchon papers
  5. torchons
  6. torchship
  7. torchships
  8. torchweed
  9. torchwood
  10. torchwoods
  11. torchwork

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