rocket fuel
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈrɑkɪt fjuːəl/
- Specialized
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combustible de cohete
- During the launch, the spacecraft used a specially designed rocket fuel to propel itself into orbit.
- solid rocket fuel
- toxic rocket fuel
- hydrogen rocket fuel
Lifting a ton of material into space takes an extraordinary amount of rocket fuel.
- Lifting a ton of material into space takes an extraordinary amount of rocket fuel.
- Jack Parsons is the reason we go to space bro with some people debate but it's the reason we get rockets, rocket fuel.
Examples
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The blending of high-test rocket fuel is clearly not a project for amateurs.
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Henry carefully explained that this was the only way a spaceplane burning jet fuel and hydrogen peroxide—the least expensive and most environmentally benign rocket fuel—could fly to the Moon and back.
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I was making some rocket fuel.
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There are kinds of rocket fuel that can do that.
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Is jet fuel cheaper than rocket fuel at the moment, yes.
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Methanol: a main component in rocket fuel.
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In addition, the U.S. Air Force utilized a portion of the arsenal for the manufacture of rocket fuel for civilian and military space programs.
Academic text (1999) -
Both in cases, the station has its own thrusters, but they do have to be fed with rocket fuel, so you have to get a tanker there to fill up the tanks.
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And suddenly thousands of gallons of highly flammable, highly explosive rocket fuel were filling the silo.
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Perchlorate is a toxic chemical in rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water in 28 U.S. states and territories and has also been found in powdered infant formula.
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Synonyms
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1.0
A material burned to make energy for heat, light or engines
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6.8
A substance that makes objects move forward, for example in rockets or spray cans
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6.1
A material that burns or reacts to make a rocket move
A substance that pushes rockets or engines forward
How Powerful
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4.9
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3.9
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6.8
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a substance burned to propel a rocket' is directly and compositionally derived from 'rocket' (a rocket vehicle) + 'fuel' (material burned for energy). This noun+noun compound follows a common, transparent formation found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun rocket fuel comes from the clear image of a rocket and its fuel, very strong fuel that burns and makes a rocket rise into the sky. So it means the substance burned to give a rocket the power to 'move'.