Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   propulsion

   /prəˈpʌlʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of driving or pushing forwards: "they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘expulsion’): from medieval Latin propulsio(n-), from Latin propellere ‘drive before (oneself)’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

   • U

     1

   • L

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points