Propulsive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a.
     Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.
     "[The] propulsive movement of the verse." --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  propulsive
       adj 1: having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient"
       2: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for
          submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its
          propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of
          propulsive thought" [syn: {propellant}, {propellent}, {propelling}]