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propellant

[pruh-pel-uhnt] / prəˈpɛl ənt /




NOUN
gasoline
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It will also have propellant farms, a propellant production facility and employee housing, among other facilities.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

U.S.-based ammunition-component maker D&M Holding is already building a propellant factory there.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

At a third factory, housed in renovated Cold War-era buildings in a forest populated with deer, women with long painted nails assemble tiny components for igniters, which trigger the guncotton in the propellant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, a more efficient propellant combination than the methane and oxygen used by Starship's Raptor engines.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

We’d watch the spring with binoculars and see how much thrust was produced and then divide the answer by the pounds of propellant burned and how long it took.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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