The Collaborative International Dictionary
Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a.
Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.
``[The] propulsive movement of the verse.''
--Coleridge.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from propuls-, past participle stem of Latin propellere "to propel" (see propel) + -ive.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to propulsion 2 Serving to propel
WordNet
adj. having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient"
tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent, propelling]
Usage examples of "propulsive".
Then individual playback equipment began to revolt, and the collective excreta really hit the propulsive turbine.
While rubbing up and down along the frenulum and glans, he may also break his clasp at peak moments of arousal to squeeze the glans firmly, which will momentarily force blood back down out of the head and consequently slow down the path toward ejaculatory inevitability while heightening sexual tension and building propulsive force.
Meanwhile -- for while Brauxel lays bare the past of a pocket-knife and the same knife, turned missile, follows a trajectory determined by propulsive force, gravitation, and wind resistance, there is still time enough, from morning shift to morning shift, to write off a working day and meanwhile to say -- meanwhile, then, Amsel with the back of his hand had pushed back his steel helmet.
The Sun is a continuous source of a possible propulsive force, namely, solar radiation pressure.