Definitions for propellant

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propellant pro·pel·lant

Spelling: [pruh-pel-uh nt]

IPA: /prəˈpɛl ənt/

Propellant is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 587 anagrams from letters in propellant (aellnopprt).

Definitions for propellant

noun

1. a propelling agent.
2. the charge of explosive used to propel the projectile from a gun.
3. a substance, usually a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, for propelling a rocket.
4. a compressed inert gas that serves to dispense the contents of an aerosol container when the pressure is released.

Origin of propellant

First recorded in 1915-20; propel + -ant

Examples for propellant

Its final fall was due to the introduction of gunpowder as a propellant.

Compressed air was the propellant for the Zalinski dynamite gun.

The suit had been torn in the fall, and some propellant had gotten in through the rents.

Some jerk has redesigned the primer so that the flame misses the propellant!

The cost of a loaded 75-millimeter shell with the fuse and propellant charge ready to be fired is about $11.

Clearly, smoke, which is most objectionable in the propellant, is a positive advantage in the bursting charge.

In army usage the term "propellant" includes both smokeless powder and black powder.

For instance, the one which drives the shell from the gun, known as the propellant, must not be too sudden in its action.

The propellant was taking the rocket almost out of sight when the fuse fired it.

It is desired that a propellant shall produce the maximum velocity with the minimum pressure.