Thruster Definition

thrustər
thrusters
noun
thrusters
A person or thing that thrusts.
Webster's New World
Any of a set of maneuvering rockets on a spacecraft or high-altitude airplane, as for controlling its attitude for reentry.
Webster's New World

A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).

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(nautical) A bow thruster.
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(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.

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Noun

Singular:
thruster
Plural:
thrusters

Origin of Thruster

  • The surfboard sense was coined by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design, not just boards made by him. (He never patented the design or trademarked the name.)

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Thruster Sentence Examples

  • Anything learned in the operation of the small scale thrusters will be incorporated into the design of the LES thruster.

  • Helium pressurized rocket propellant and rocket fuel provides takeoff and thruster power.

  • P&W confirmed that if the reverse thruster had not locked properly there would have been an indicator light advising the pilots.

  • Propulsion methods such as the ion thruster and solar sail are examples of alternative propulsion options for spacecraft.

  • Bruce and I have reconfigured part of the attitude control thruster system to run off our ion drive's mercury fuel supply.

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