The Collaborative International Dictionary
nuclear-powered submarine
nuclear-powered submarine \nuclear-powered submarine\ n. A submarine for which the motive power comes from the energy generated by a nuclear reactor. Same as nuclear submarine.
WordNet
nuclear-powered submarine
n. a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power [syn: nautilus, nuclear submarine]
Usage examples of "nuclear-powered submarine".
A nuclear-powered submarine with twenty-six rockets and a crew of over a hundred is something else.
These had to be run constantly in order to avoid destroying the reactor, one of the few drawbacks of a nuclear-powered submarine.
Trout was, in fact, trailing along merrily, without any attempt at concealment, behind a nuclear-powered submarine!
A spaceship beat even a nuclear-powered submarine as a self-contained environment.