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Definition: Propulsive |
PropulsiveAdjective1. Having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient". 2. Tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "propulsive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Tending or having power to propel; driving onward or forward; impelling to action or motion. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| profac | English | Propulsive fluid accumulator | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PropulsiveSynonyms: propellant (adj), propellent (adj), propelling (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regression | Adjective: propelled; Verb: propelling; Verb:.; propulsive, projectile. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Propulsive |
| English words defined with "propulsive": propellant, propellent, propelling, Propulsory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "propulsive": aeroduct ♦ contra-propeller * ♦ gravity assist ♦ Hohmann Transfer Orbit, hydrodynamic fin ♦ inertial orbit ♦ OTM ♦ pre-swirl fin, propeller fin, propulsive efficiency ♦ swing by ♦ TCM. (references) |
| "Propulsive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Propulsive" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "propulsive": propellant propellent propelling propulsive ♦ propulsive efficiency ♦ propulsive force ♦ propulsive jet ♦ propulsive thrust. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "propulsive": non-propulsive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
powder propulsive | 17 |
efficiency propulsive | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "propulsive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtytës (booster, exhortative, impellent, impeller, instigator, motive, propellent, tappet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسير, تسيري, دفعي (impulsive), دسري, دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, champion, cushion, defend, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulse, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, repulsive, score, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate), داسر (repulsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стимулиращ (cordial, excitatory, stimulant), тласкащ (impulsive), метателен (missile, projectile, propellant, propellent), подбуждащ, двигателен (driving, locomotive, locomotor, motional, motive, motor, propellant, propellent, propelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 推进 (Advancement, Propel, Propelled, Propelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fremdrivende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | propulsief. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | propulsiivinen työntövoima (propulsive thrust), propulsiivinen hyötysuhde (propulsive efficiency), työntövoima (forward thrust, propulsive force, tensile force, thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | propulsif (propelling engine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorwärtstreibend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προωστικόσ (propellent, protrusive), προωθητικόσ (propulsory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hajtó (actuating, beater, driver, driving, gillie, hunting, propellent, propelling), serkentő (animating, improver, stimulating), mozgató (actuating, locomotive, locomotor, motive, motor, movement, mover, moving), előrehajtó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | propulsivo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 推進力 (driving force, propulsive power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すいし"りょく (driving force, propulsive power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seiyagh (goring, propelling, propensity, protruding, pushing, stabbing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opulsivepray propulsivo. (various references) propulsiv, de propulsie, cu reacţie (jet propelled). (various references) приводящий в движение (moving), побуждающий (impellent, impulsive, stimulant). (various references) propulzivan, pogonski (impellent, operating). (various references) propulsivo, impelente (impellent). (various references) framdrivande (impulsive, propellent, propulsion). (various references) yürütücü, itici (impulsive, projectile, propellent, propelling, pusher, pushing, repellent, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, unattractive, unlikable, unlikeable, unlovely, unprepossessing). (various references) що руха"ться уперед. (various references) đẩy tới (impulsive, propellant, propellent, propelling, seesaw), đẩy đi (propellant, propellent, propelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Propulsive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: profusive, propolice. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "propulsive" (pronounced 'Pro*pul"sive'): Aborsive, Abrasive, Abusive, Accessive, Adhesive, Admissive, Aggressive, Allusive, Amusive, Animadversive, Anticonvulsive, Appeasive, Applausive, Apprehensive, Appulsive, Ascensive, Assuasive, Coextensive, Cohesive, Collisive, Collusive, Commissive, Comprehensive, Compulsive, Concessive, Conclusive, Concussive, Confusive, Congressive, Conversive, Convulsive, Corrasive, Corresponsive, Decursive, Delusive, illusive, impassive, incisive, inclusive, incomprehensive, inconclusive, incursive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, intrusive, invasive, Nonsubmissive, Obtrusive, Occasive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-o-p-p-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: purposive. | |
-2 letters: overplus, overslip, perilous, pervious, pluviose, previous, rivulose, slipover, sloppier, supplier, viperous. | |
-3 letters: leprous, lippers, loppers, loppier, lousier, louvers, louvres, oversup, pelorus, pileous, pileups, plosive, plovers, propels, pulpers, pulpier, purples, purpose, ripples, slipper, soilure, soppier, soupier, spoiler, sporule, suppler, surveil, uppiles, velours. | |
-4 letters: ervils, lipper, lisper, livers, livres, lopers, lopper, lories, louies, loupes. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-o-p-p-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: purposively. | |
+2 letters: oversupplied, oversupplies. | |
+3 letters: oversupplying. | |
+5 letters: overpopulations. | |
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