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Antonyms for propulsion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-puhl-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈpʌl ʃən


Definition of propulsion

Origin :
  • 1610s, "expulsion," noun of action formed from propuls-, past participle stem of Latin propellere "to propel" (see propel). Meaning "act of driving forward, propulsive force" first attested 1799.
  • noun force
Example sentences :
  • Instinctively his hand leaped to the propulsion control and hovered there.
  • Extract from : « Loot of the Void » by Edwin K. Sloat
  • The only article of propulsion we could hire were saddle mules.
  • Extract from : « Dangers of the Trail in 1865 » by Charles E Young
  • The boat trembled like an automobile under the propulsion of the engine.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson
  • But into the propulsion this time Bob put all his great strength.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge
  • A couple of shots might disable in a minute her means of propulsion.
  • Extract from : « Famous Sea Fights » by John Richard Hale
  • It consists of an elongated cylinder having a charge chamber in its rear portion, which contains powder for propulsion.
  • Extract from : « A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65 » by Horace Edwin Hayden
  • The whales and the fishes have a similar mode of propulsion.
  • Extract from : « Bible Animals; » by J. G. Wood
  • One of the most interesting features of the float is the method of propulsion.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Modern Mechanism » by Archibald Williams
  • Pg 91Greek text And how is propulsion by the veins impossible?
  • Extract from : « On the Natural Faculties » by Galen
  • No craft has been found easier of propulsion to one knowing the art of the paddle.
  • Extract from : « The Way to the West » by Emerson Hough

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