jet propulsion

1. 1.

   propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear

   Broaderreaction propulsion

Questions about jet propulsion

What does jet propulsion mean?

jet propulsion means "propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear".

Is jet propulsion a common word?

jet propulsion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.