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Meanings of rocket engine in English

Russian
ракетный двигатель
Portuguese
propelentes de foguetes
Spanish
motor de cohete
Catalan
motor coet
Wikidata

Reaction engine using stored propellant and oxidizer.

ракетный двигатель
Portuguese
motor de foguete
Catalan
coet
Spanish
cohete

A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.

motor de foguete
Synonyms
Examples for "rocket"
Examples for "rocket"
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No rocket available today, public or private, has that kind of power.
Wired
2
Then we saw prices continue to rocket upwards, unchecked by the government.
The Guardian
3
The bodies of the rocket victims were left behind in the road.
The forever war
4
This would not be possible with any rocket currently on the market.
The South African
5
A rocket investigation would be a year, a year and a half.
Reuters
Usage of rocket engine in English
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Once separated, the vehicle's rocket engine will fire to carry it into space.
Reuters
2
It's what they say is the first ever battery-powered rocket engine.
Radio NZ
3
In March 2016, Kim oversaw a test of a high-power solid-fuel rocket engine.
Reuters
4
This energizes the propellant and makes it exit the rocket engine more quickly.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
5
It was like living next to a rocket engine with no off switch.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
6
Nicole heard the sound of a firing rocket engine and turned to her left.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
7
A Thiokol solid-state rocket engine sits in the blazing sun.
Wired
8
One launch had already failed after a rocket engine misfired.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
9
During the test, SpaceShipTwo did not fire its rocket engine for a climb into space.
News.com.au
10
We were under thrust now, as surely as if Jesry had fired a rocket engine.
Anathem
11
A nuclear rocket engine would be twice as efficient as the chemical engines powering rockets today.
Wired
12
Mr. P. helped develop a liquid-fuel rocket engine.
The new yorker
13
Gone were the red accents -instead it looked more like a rocket engine on wheels.
Wired
14
This time NASA engineers want to create something deceptively simple: a rocket engine powered by nuclear fission.
Wired
15
At 1 million degrees Celsius, material objects vaporize - including the metal components of a rocket engine.
Wired
16
I feel like a fucking rocket engine.
Cold springs