propellant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. anything that propels; fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use countable,uncountable
  2. anything that propels; the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content countable,uncountable
    — Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound.
  3. anything that propels; the explosive (cordite, gunpowder, etc) found in ammunition cartridges countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative spelling of propellent. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

propellants plural propellent alternative propellent alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bipropellant jet propellant monopropellant nonpropellant propellantless rocket propellant 1

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English propel
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English propellant
From propel + -ant.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English propel
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English propellant
From propel + -ant.
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