thruster
IPA: θrˈʌstɝ
noun
- One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
- A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
- (nautical) A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
- (surfing) A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
- An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
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Examples of "thruster" in Sentences
- Nano particle field extraction thruster.
- It will be powered by ion thruster engines.
- They are used to orient thrusters on rockets.
- The black shape on the left is a thruster on the LM.
- Plasma Propulsion engine is not the same as a thruster.
- The object on the left of the picture is a CSM thruster.
- No conclusive reason for the thruster sticking on was found.
- A schematic of a Hall thruster is shown in the image to the right.
- The vernier thruster exploded, causing the rocket to tumble out of control.
- A vernier thruster is a thruster used on a spacecraft for attitude control.
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