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Definition of Hypergolic
1. Adjective. Of fuel or propellant, igniting spontaneously on contact with an oxidiser. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypergolic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypergolic
Literary usage of Hypergolic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kauai Test Facility Environmental AssessmentPolitical Sci (1993)
"ESTIMATION OF DOWNWIND AIR CONCENTRATIONS FROM SPILL OF hypergolic FUELS In order
to estimate air concentrations of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine and nitrogen ..."
2. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident by Southgate Publishers, DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The Challenger's reaction control system ruptured and a hypergolic burn of its
... The reddish brown colors of the hypergolic fuel burn are visible on ..."
3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"All other liquid propellant engines tested at WSTF use hypergolic fuels, such as
nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine, the fuels used for the Space ..."
4. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"... Electrical Mating II Dec 70 SV Back-up Guidance Test 14 Dec 70 SV Flight
Readiness Test 15 Dec 70 SV hypergolic Loading 8 Jan 71 S-IC RP-1 Loading 9 Jan ..."
5. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... to the nearest object in focus when the lens is focused at infinity.
hypergolic fuel—(DOD, NATO) Fuel which will spontaneously ignite with an oxidizer, ..."
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