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Meaning of "hypergolic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYPERGOLIC

From German Hypergol (perhaps from hyp(er-) + erg1 + -ol²) + -ic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERGOLIC

hypergolic  [ˌhaɪpəˈɡɒlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERGOLIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hypergolic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYPERGOLIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hypergolic

Hypergolic propellant

A hypergolic rocket propellant combination used in a rocket engine is one where the propellants spontaneously ignite when they come into contact with each other. The two propellant components usually consist of a fuel and an oxidizer. Although hypergolic propellants tend to be difficult to handle because of their extreme toxicity and/or corrosiveness, they can typically be stored as liquids at room temperature and hypergolic engines are easy to ignite reliably and repeatedly. In contemporary usage, the terms "hypergol" or "hypergolic propellant" usually mean the most common such propellant combination, dinitrogen tetroxide plus hydrazine and/or its relatives monomethyl hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine.

Definition of hypergolic in the English dictionary

The definition of hypergolic in the dictionary is able to ignite spontaneously on contact with an oxidizer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERGOLIC


alcoholic
ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk
anabolic
ˌænəˈbɒlɪk
apostolic
ˌæpəˈstɒlɪk
colic
ˈkɒlɪk
cytosolic
ˌsaɪtəʊˈsɒlɪk
diabolic
ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk
diastolic
ˌdaɪəˈstɒlɪk
frolic
ˈfrɒlɪk
glycolic
ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk
hydraulic
haɪˈdrɒlɪk
hyperbolic
ˌhaɪpəˈbɒlɪk
melancholic
ˌmɛlənˈkɒlɪk
metabolic
ˌmetəˈbɒlɪk
Mongolic
mɒŋˈɡɒlɪk
parabolic
ˌpærəˈbɒlɪk
phenolic
fɪˈnɒlɪk
shopaholic
ˌʃɒpəˈhɒlɪk
symbolic
sɪmˈbɒlɪk
systolic
sɪˈstɒlɪk
workaholic
ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERGOLIC

hyperfunction
hyperfunctional
hypergamous
hypergamy
hypergeometric
hyperglycaemia
hyperglycaemic
hyperglycemia
hyperglycemic
hypergol
hypergolically
hyperhidroses
hyperhidrosis
hypericum
hyperidroses
hyperidrosis
hyperimmune
hyperimmunise
hyperimmunize
hyperinflated

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERGOLIC

Anglo-Catholic
anti-Catholic
bucolic
catabolic
catholic
chocaholic
chocoholic
eidolic
embolic
Eolic
Greek Catholic
non-Catholic
nonalcoholic
Old Catholic
polyphenolic
Roman Catholic
sexaholic
thromboembolic
tweet-a-holic
vitriolic

Synonyms and antonyms of hypergolic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hypergolic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERGOLIC

Find out the translation of hypergolic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hypergolic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hypergolic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自燃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hipergólico
570 millions of speakers

English

hypergolic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hypergolic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلقائي الاشتعال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самовоспламеняющуюся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hypergolic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hypergolic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hypergolique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hypergolic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hypergolische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自然発火
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자동 점화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypergolic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hypergolic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hypergolic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपरगोलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hipergolik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ipergolico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hypergolic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовоспламеняются
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hypergolic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεργολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hypergolic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hypergolic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hypergolic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hypergolic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERGOLIC»

The term «hypergolic» is normally little used and occupies the 141.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERGOLIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hypergolic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hypergolic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hypergolic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERGOLIC»

Discover the use of hypergolic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hypergolic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chemical Safety in the Laboratory
HANDLING PROCEDURES FOR HYPERGOLIC MIXTURES Another group of chemicals that can also lead to unexpected fires are hypergolic mixtures. The mixture of such pairs of chemicals can create enough heat of reaction to cause ...
Stephen K. Hall, 1993
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Building Materials: Dangerous Properties of Products in ...
198 NED500 NITRIC ACID + nitrogenous fuels (hypergolic with triethylamine, di- methylhydrazine, mixo-xylidine), dioxane + perchloric acid, diphenyldistibene, divinyl ether (hypergolic), ethane sulfonamide, 5-ethyl-2-methylpyridine, fat + ...
H. Leslie Simmons, 1997
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Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy
... shuttle Taurus Titan 4 Stages 2 hypergolic, optional solid upper stage 2 hypergolic, 4 hypergolic strap-on rockets 2 hypergolic, 1 cryogenic 2 hypergolic, 1 cryogenic 3 hypergolic 2 hypergolic, 1 cryogenic 2 hypergolic, 1 cryogenic, 2 strap-on ...
Joseph A. Angelo, 2009
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Some Trust in Chariots
Although they don't do any "maneuvering or thrusting" in countdown, the hypergolic fuels and the tank pressurizations must be within specified flight redlines. Another team of fluids experts, they have overcome leaks, hypergolic spills, fires and ...
James Thomas, 2006
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History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
Liquid propellant rocket engines have propelled all the manned space flights, all the space vehicles flying to the planets or deep space, virtually all satellites, and the majority of medium range or intercontinental range ballistic ...
George Paul Sutton, 2006
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Rocket Propulsion Elements
Auxiliaryfluid ignition isa method whereby some hypergolic liquid or gas, in addition tothe regular fueland oxidizer,is injectedinto the combustion chamber fora veryshort period duringthe startingoperation. Thisfluid is hypergolic, which means it ...
George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz, 2011
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING
Liquid propellants used in launch vehicles can be classified under three categories: (i) Refined petroleum propellants, (ii) Cryogenic propellants, and (iii) Hypergolic propellants. Highly refined petroleum (kerosene), referred to as RP-l is used ...
MAMATA MUKHOPADHYAY, 2010
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Hazard Classification of Hypergolic Igniter Sm 65 (atlas).
Tests were made to obtain data which could be used to assign storage and ICC shipping classification to Air Force hypergolic igniters.
JOSEPH W. HOLDEN, OGDEN AIR MATERIEL AREA HILL AFB UTAH., 1961
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Safety Design for Space Systems
This section considers the reaction of hypergolic propellants, such as hydrazine, mono- methylhydrazine, and dinitrogen tetroxide, with materials of construction normally contacted in hypergolic propellant operating systems and the reaction of  ...
Gary E. Musgrave Ph.D, Axel Larsen, Tommaso Sgobba, 2009
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Guidelines for Safe Storage and Handling of Reactive Materials
Specific design considerations for pyrophoric and low-autoignition materials are given in Section 6.8. 1.5.2. Pyrophoricity versus Hypergolic Properties Hypergolic behavior is characterized by immediate, spontaneous ignition of an oxidation ...
Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERGOLIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hypergolic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pluto Surface Features Coming Into View
thrust and 12 0.2-lb.-thrust hypergolic jets built by Aerojet Rocketdyne to swing the seven instruments on board into a carefully choreographed ... «Aviation Week, Jul 15»
2
Furfuryl alcohol market: global industry analysis and opportunity …
It has application in rocketry as a hypergolic fuel which ignites readily in presence of fuming nitric acid and red fuming nitric acid. Browse Full ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
3
This is Why the Titan Rocket's Launch with a "Bwoop!"
The Titan II debuted hypergolic propellants, a kind of fuel and oxidizer combination that ignites on contact. There's no need for an ignition ... «Popular Science, Jun 15»
4
New satellite joins Europe's growing Earth observing network
... rocket motors boosted the satellite for nearly seven minutes, then a Ukrainian fourth stage burning hypergolic hydrazine fuel ignited two times ... «Spaceflight Now, Jun 15»
5
Insider Interview: From Shuttle to Shuttle an interview with Steve …
“We also reviewed how the Space Shuttle used hypergolic fuels, which are great on orbit because they are very reliable. They work well. «SpaceFlight Insider, Jun 15»
6
Intrepid duo race their catamaran to Alaska
The cat, weighing 400 pounds unloaded, named Hypergolic Harp Harmony, also has no cabin, meaning everything—food, repair kits, and ... «Powell River Peak, Jun 15»
7
China MIRVs Some Missiles
Of course in the instance, we kept the Titan II fueled (a dubious proposition with hypergolic fuels) and it was retired after a horrific accident in a ... «ArmsControlWonk.com, May 15»
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SpaceX's SuperDraco engine: Abort capability all the way to orbit
Each Draco thruster relies on the fuel monomethylhydrazine paired with the oxidizer nitrogen tetroxide, a hypergolic pair – which means they ... «SpaceFlight Insider, May 15»
9
Theater trial blog: Day 6
"If you mix those two ingredients, you get what's called a hypergolic reaction," Gumbinner said. "You'll get sparks and a lot of fire. And that's ... «9NEWS.com, May 15»
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What makes a Dragon: A quick guide to SpaceX's capsule
After a launch for the ISS, the Dragon is placed in a target orbit, and then uses the Draco engines to reach the space station itself. Hypergolic ... «SpaceFlight Insider, Apr 15»

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