Definition of Propulsions

1. propulsion [n] - See also: propulsion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propulsions

proprætor
proprætorship
proprætorships
props
proptoses
proptosis
propudious
propugn
propugnacle
propugnacles
propugnation
propugnations
propulsation
propulsion
propulsion system
propulsions (current term)
propulsive
propulsively
propulsiveness
propulsory
propwash deflection unit
propyl
propyl alcohol
propyl group
propyl radical
propyla
propylaea
propylaeum
propylaeums
propylamine

Literary usage of Propulsions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Saturated Steam the Motive Power in Volcanoes and Earthquakes: Great by Richard Atkinson Peacock (1882)
"Humboldt's statement of portion of earth's surface shaken by great Lisbon earthquake—Examples of great propulsions of rocks by volcanoes—It is hoped now ..."

2. The Philosophy of Physics: Or, Process of Creative Development by which the by Andrew Brown (1854)
"This being the case, and the conducting circuit complete, the compressive propulsions excited into action by the molecular activity of the acids and metals ..."

3. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1869)
"communicate alternate oscillations to the buffer-springs, the intervals between which will not be the same as those between the propulsions; but they may so ..."

4. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley (1856)
"communicate alternate oscillations to the buffer-springs, the intervals between which will not be the same as those between the propulsions; but they may so ..."

5. The London Physiological Journal: Or, Monthly Record of Observations on (1843)
"There are some jerking propulsions, but not as yet any arrest; ... We then observe propulsions without the movement of recoil, then some that are simply ..."

6. Selections of the Most Remarkable Phenomena of Nature by Henry Glassford Bell (1827)
"These give rise to propulsions or vibrations, that move somewhat in the same manner as the undulations seen in water, when we throw a stone into it. ..."

7. The Mechanical Principals of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1866)
"communicate alternate oscillations to the buffer-springs, the intervals between which will not be the same as those between the propulsions; but they may so ..."

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