To overcome drag, airplanes use a propulsion system to generate a force called thrust.
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Propulsion
//pɹəˈpʌlʃən//
Synonyms for "propulsion" (54 found)
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25 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- задвижване noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Catalan
1 entries- propulsió noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 動力 /动力 noun (the action of driving or pushing)
- 推進力 /推进力 noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Danish
1 entries- fremdrift noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Dutch
1 entries- voortstuwing noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Finnish
3 entries- propulsio noun (the action of driving or pushing)
- työntö noun (the action of driving or pushing)
- työntövoima noun (the action of driving or pushing)
French
1 entries- propulsion noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Galician
1 entries- propulsión noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Georgian
1 entries- წინსვლა noun (the action of driving or pushing)
German
1 entries- Antrieb noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रणोदन noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Hungarian
1 entries- meghajtás noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Japanese
1 entries- 推力 noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Portuguese
1 entries- propulsão noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Romanian
2 entries- propulsare noun (the action of driving or pushing)
- propulsie noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Russian
2 entries- дви́жущая си́ла noun (the action of driving or pushing)
- пропу́льсия noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sparradh noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Sindhi
1 entries- ڌُوڪَ noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Spanish
1 entries- propulsión noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Tamil
1 entries- உந்து noun (the action of driving or pushing)
Sample sentences
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After World War II, as jet engines gained popularity, aerodynamicists used jet engines to turn the propellers on some aircraft. This propulsion system is called a turboprop.
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Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
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Scientists expect that as long as sunlight reaches them, solar sails will keep accelerating to much higher speeds than what is provided by traditional propulsion methods using chemical or nuclear fuel.
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