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pro⋅pul⋅sion

  [pruh-puhl-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of propelling.
2. the state of being propelled.
3. a means of propelling; propelling force, impulse, etc.
Origin:
1605–15; < L prōpuls(us) (ptp. of prōpellere to propel ) + -ion

Related forms:
pro⋅pul⋅sive  [pruh-puhl-siv] , pro⋅pul⋅so⋅ry, adjective
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pro·pul·sion   (prə-pŭl'shən)   
n.  
  1. The process of driving or propelling.
  2. A driving or propelling force.

[Medieval Latin prōpulsiō, prōpulsiōn-, onslaught, urging on, from Latin prōpulsus, past participle of prōpellere, to drive forward; see propel.]
pro·pul'sive, pro·pul'so·ry (-sə-rē) adj.
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Propulsive

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