"nuclear rocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nuclear rockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuclear rocket (plural nuclear rockets)
  1. (astronautics) A rocket with a nuclear reactor aboard. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Nuclear rocketry, Rocketry
    Sense id: en-nuclear_rocket-en-noun-Z1yKkl-1 Disambiguation of Nuclear rocketry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Rocketry: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (astronautics) A rocket where a nuclear process, especially an on-board fission reactor, enables thrust to be produced. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Nuclear rocketry
    Sense id: en-nuclear_rocket-en-noun-6-6gWfym Disambiguation of Nuclear rocketry: 48 52 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: fission rocket, fusion rocket, nuclear-electric rocket, nuclear-pulse rocket, nuclear-thermal rocket Related terms: anti-matter rocket, chemical rocket, ion engine

Inflected forms

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