"rocket engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rocket engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rocket engine (plural rocket engines)
  1. A reaction engine that obtains thrust by jet propulsion which forms its jet exclusively from propellant. Wikipedia link: rocket engine Categories (topical): Rocketry Synonyms: rocket motor Translations (reaction engine): raketmotor [masculine] (Dutch), rakettimoottori (Finnish), Raketentriebwerk [neuter] (German), rakétahajtómű (Hungarian), ракетен мотор (english: raketen motor) [masculine] (Macedonian), silnik rakietowy [masculine] (Polish), raketmotor [common-gender] (Swedish), раке́тний двигу́н (rakétnyj dvyhún) [masculine] (Ukrainian), động cơ tên lửa (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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