nuclear-thermoelectric rocket

noun

a rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.

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Meanings

nounnuclear-thermoelectric rocket (plural nuclear-thermoelectric rockets)

plural nuclear-thermoelectric rockets

  1. space flighta rocket with a thermal ion engine, whereby the ions are ionized by electricity from a nuclear reactor, and the fluid that is the source of the ions is heated by that nuclear reactor to increase specific impulse.
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