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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCKET ENGINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCKET ENGINE

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Rocket engine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROCKET ENGINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rocket engine

Rocket engine

A rocket engine, or simply "rocket", is a jet engine that uses only stored propellant mass for forming its high speed propulsive jet. Rocket engines are reaction engines and obtain thrust in accordance with Newton's third law. Since they need no external material to form their jet, rocket engines can be used for spacecraft propulsion as well as terrestrial uses, such as missiles. Most rocket engines are internal combustion engines, although non-combusting forms also exist. Rocket engines as a group have the highest exhaust velocities, are by far the lightest, but are the least propellant efficient of all types of jet engines.

Definition of rocket engine in the English dictionary

The definition of rocket engine in the dictionary is a reaction engine in which a fuel and oxidizer are burnt in a combustion chamber, the products of combustion expanding through a nozzle and producing thrust Also called: rocket motor.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCKET ENGINE

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rocket
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rocket gun
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rocket motor
rocket plane
rocket propulsion
rocket range
rocket research
rocket science
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rocket ship
rocket technology
rocket-propelled
rocketeer
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCKET ENGINE

compression-ignition engine
diesel engine
engine
external-combustion engine
fire engine
fuel injection engine
gas engine
heat engine
imagine
internal-combustion engine
jet engine
petrol engine
replacement engine
search engine
steam engine
steam-engine
Stirling engine
tank engine
traction engine
turbo engine
valve-in-head engine

Synonyms and antonyms of rocket engine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rocket engine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCKET ENGINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

火箭发动机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

motor de cohete
570 millions of speakers

English

rocket engine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रॉकेट इंजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محرك الصاروخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ракетный двигатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

motor de foguete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রকেট ইঞ্জিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Moteur-fusée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enjin roket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Raketentriebwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロケットエンジン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

로켓 엔진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roket mesin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

động cơ tên lửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராக்கெட் இயந்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉकेट इंजिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Roket motoru
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

motore a razzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

silnik rakietowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ракетний двигун
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

motor rachetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινητήρα πυραύλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vuurpyl enjin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

raketmotor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rakettmotor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rocket engine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKET ENGINE»

The term «rocket engine» is normally little used and occupies the 110.084 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKET ENGINE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCKET ENGINE»

Discover the use of rocket engine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rocket engine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rocket Propulsion Elements
The definitive text on rocket propulsion—now revised to reflect advancements in the field For sixty years, Sutton's Rocket Propulsion Elements has been regarded as the single most authoritative sourcebook on rocket propulsion technology.
George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz, 2011
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Liquid rocket engine combustion instability
This book is the first published in the United States on the subject since NASA's Liquid Rocket Combustion Instability (NASA SP-194) in 1972.
Vigor Yang, William E. Anderson, 1995
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Operation of a Cryogenic Rocket Engine: An Outline with ...
This book presents the operational aspects of the rocket engine on a test facility.
Wolfgang Kitsche, 2010
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Nuclear Rocket Engine Reactor
The development of a nuclear rocket engine reactor (NRER ) is presented in this book.
Anatoly Lanin, 2012
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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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K450 PVC Rocket Engine Design and Construction
Detailed instructions show you how to build the engine, make the fuel and connect it all together. Hundreds of illustrations and easy to follow step by step instructions make this book an essential part of any do it yourself library.
Dan Pollino, 2008
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Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and ...
2.3 THE THERMODYNAMICS OF THE ROCKET ENGINE The thrust equation as developed above shows how the thrust depends on ue and pe, for a given atmospheric pressure pa. Because the exhaust velocity is itself partially dependent on ...
Martin J. L. Turner, 2008
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Rocket Propulsion Elements
In thisbooka liquid propellant rocket propulsion system consistofa rocket engine anda setoftanks for storingand supplying propellants. Ithasall the hardware componentsandthe propellantsnecessary for itsoperation, thatis, for producing thrust.
George P. Sutton, Oscar Biblarz, 2011
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Popular Science
Just as a gasoline engine has advantages and disadvantages compared to a diesel engine, the liquid rocket engine is superior to the solid rocket engine in some applications, and inferior in others. And just as the two types of piston engines ...
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The Role of Density Gradient in Liquid Rocket Engine ...
Amardip Ghosh. For liquid rocket engines in particular, transverse modesψ of the chamber (tangential and radial modes) are known to interact with combustion heat release resulting in high-frequency high-amplitude pressure oscillations ...
Amardip Ghosh, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCKET ENGINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rocket engine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Exclusive: US should spurn Russia rocket engines despite SpaceX …
WASHINGTON The failure of a SpaceX rocket over Florida on Sunday should not lead U.S. officials back to Russia to look for a rocket engine that can get ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
2
SpaceX successfully completes Dragon Pad abort test using 3D …
The thrusters, known as SuperDraco Rocket Engines, are 3D printed using an EOS metal 3D Printer and are made from Inconel superalloy. Using additive ... «3ders.org, May 15»
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Senators blast slow Pentagon work to replace Russian rocket motor
WASHINGTON Two U.S. senators are asking Defense Secretary Ash Carter to jumpstart a Pentagon initiative to develop a new U.S. rocket engine that could ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
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"Close But No Cigar," SpaceX Rocket Engine Suffers Hard Landing …
Space rocketeers at SpaceX just missed a catch on Saturday, failing in a bold first attempt to recycle a used rocket engine by landing it on a ship in the Atlantic ... «National Geographic, Jan 15»
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SpaceX Gets Set for Unprecedented Rocket Landing: Follow Along …
For the first time, the SpaceX commercial rocket company will try to bring a rocket ... Then the first stage is slated to relight its rocket engines and go through a ... «NBCNews.com, Jan 15»
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NASA's $349 million monument to its drift
In June, NASA finished work on a huge construction project here in Mississippi: a $349 million laboratory tower, designed to test a new rocket engine in a ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
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Aerojet rockets will power Orion test mission, now set for Friday
Rockets made by Aerojet Rocketdyne will play an important role in every stage of ... Each of the three rocket engines produces 702,000 pounds of thrust, which ... «Sacramento Business Journal, Dec 14»
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Aerojet rocket engines may be discontinued for International Space …
Orbital said discussions have commenced with three rocket-engine providers. ... Just what that means to Aerojet's rocket program is unclear, and repeated calls ... «Sacramento Bee, Nov 14»
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SpaceShipTwo's Rocket Engine Did Not Cause Fatal Crash
It wasn't SpaceShipTwo's hybrid rocket motor -- which was flying on Friday with a new type of fuel -- that caused the fatal crash, the head of the accident ... «Discovery News, Nov 14»
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Boeing-Lockheed Venture to Develop Rocket Engine With Bezos …
The Pentagon's premier satellite-launch provider has joined forces with Blue Origin LLC, the company run by Mr. Bezos, to jointly develop a new rocket engine ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»

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