"nuclear-thermal rocket" meaning in All languages combined

See nuclear-thermal rocket on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nuclear-thermal rockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuclear-thermal rocket (plural nuclear-thermal rockets)
  1. (astronautics) a rocket with a thermal gas exhaust engine, whereby the thermal fluid is heated by the nuclear reactor Derived forms: nuclear-thermoelectric rocket Related terms: nuclear rocket, nuclear-electric rocket, nuclear-pulse rocket

Inflected forms

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