nuclear-thermoelectric rocket (English, noun)
expansion: nuclear-thermoelectric rocket (plural nuclear-thermoelectric rockets)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: nuclear-thermoelectric rockets
tags: plural