propellent

Describes something that has the ability to propel or drive forward; often used in technical contexts.

• 🇫🇷Décrit ce qui a la capacité de mettre en mouvement ou de pousser vers l'avant ; souvent utilisé dans des contextes techniques.

1. Tending to or capable of propelling C1 formal

   Having the ability to push or drive something forward.

   • The propellent force of the rocket engine was immense.
   • This chemical mixture is highly propellent in nature.
   • The design uses a propellent mechanism to launch the projectile.

   🇫🇷qui propulse

   Synonymes: drivingimpellingmotivepropulsivethrusting

• more propellent comparative form
• most propellent superlative form

A noun referring to any substance, such as a compressed gas or a chemical fuel, that is used to propel or thrust an object forward.

• 🇫🇷Substance, telle qu'un gaz comprimé ou un carburant chimique, utilisée pour propulser ou pousser un objet en avant.

1. Substance that propels B2 formal technical

   A substance used to drive or propel an object forward, such as a fuel or compressed gas.

   • Rocket propellent is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
   • Aerosol cans use a compressed gas as a propellent.
   • The spacecraft's propellent was carefully monitored during the launch.

   🇫🇷Propergol

   Synonymes: chargefuelpropellant

• propellents plural form
• propellents' possessive plural form
• propellent's possessive singular form