rocket has definitions from the fields of physics,transportation,botany
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[ noun ] (transportation) any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

He has gained only one thing - he has exploded a 50 - megaton_bomb and he probably has rockets with sufficient thrust to lob it over the shorter intercontinental ranges .

The girls , very fetching in their uniforms , are shown firing rockets from a launcher mounted on a dump_truck ; they are also trained with carbines , automatic weapons , pistols , rifles and other such ladies ' accessories .

Related terms

vehicle missile test_rocket

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[ noun ] (physics) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Synonyms

rocket_engine

Used in print

(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)

Direct information has been obtained from rockets and satellites equipped with impact sensors .

The direct_evidence on the micrometeorite environment near the Earth is obtained from piezoelectric sensors ( essentially microphones ) and from wire gages ; these instruments are installed on rockets , satellites , and space_probes .

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[ noun ] propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

Synonyms

skyrocket

Related terms

visual_signal

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[ noun ] (botany) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

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herb Eruca

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[ verb ] shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Synonyms

skyrocket

Examples

"prices skyrocketed"

Related terms

rise skyrocket

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[ verb ] propel with a rocket

Related terms

propel

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[ noun ] sends a firework display high into the sky

Synonyms

skyrocket

Related terms

firework firework

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