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propulsive

[pruh-puhl-shuhn] Origin

pro·pul·sion

[pruh-puhl-shuhn]
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; < Latin prōpuls(us) (past participle of prōpellere to propel) + -ion

pro·pul·sive [pruh-puhl-siv] , pro·pul·so·ry, adjective
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propulsion (prəˈpʌlʃən)
 
n
1.  the act of propelling or the state of being propelled
2.  a propelling force
 
[C15: from Latin prōpellere to propel]
 
propulsive
 
adj
 
pro'pulsory
 
adj

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propulsion
1611, "expulsion," noun of action formed from pp. stem of L. propellere "to propel" (see propel). Meaning "act of driving forward" first attested 1799.
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propulsion pro·pul·sion (prə-pŭl'shən)
n.

  1. A driving or propelling force.

  2. The leaning or falling forward characteristic of the festination of parkinsonism.

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