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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having the power to propel;
- Example: "propulsive coefficient"

2. tending to or capable of propelling;
- Example: "propellant fuel for submarines"
- Example: "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"
- Example: "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"
[syn: propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, propulsive]