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Adjective: propulsive  pru'púl-siv
  1. Having the power to propel
    "propulsive coefficient"
     
  2. Tending to or capable of propelling
    "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"
    - propellant, propellent, propelling

See also: dynamic, dynamical, propel, propulsion

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