propulsive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having the power to propel
    • propulsive coefficient
  2. adjective satellite tending to or capable of propelling
    propellent; propellant; propelling.
    • propellant fuel for submarines
    • the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency
    • universities...the seats of propulsive thought

WordNet


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

Webster 1913