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Definition of Rocket fuel
1. Noun. An explosive charge that propels a rocket.
Generic synonyms: Burster, Bursting Charge, Charge, Explosive Charge, Propellant, Propellent
Terms within: Hydrazine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket Fuel
Literary usage of Rocket fuel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gulf War And Health by Carolyn Fulco, Institute of Medicine (2005)
"Although Iraq had apparently experimented with UDMH as a rocket fuel, it is more
likely that kerosene was the rocket fuel used during the Gulf War (DOD ..."
2. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"... rocket fuel could be obtained, which may perhaps be overall the best possible
in accordance with ..."
3. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"He designed what was possibly the first successful extrusion press for solid
rocket fuel, and his work became incorporated into basic rocket technology. ..."
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