propulseur
French → English
(mechanics) Propeller/Thruster: a device, machine, or engine part that provides propulsion
Les navires à vapeur utilisent des hélices comme principal propulseur.
(English) Steamships use propellers as their main thruster.
La fusée a allumé son propulseur pour quitter l'orbite terrestre.
(English) The rocket ignited its thruster to leave Earth's orbit.
(archaeology) Spearthrower: a prehistoric tool (atlatl) used to launch a spear with greater force
Le propulseur permettait aux chasseurs préhistoriques de lancer leurs sagaies plus loin.
(English) The spearthrower allowed prehistoric hunters to throw their spears further.
On a retrouvé des propulseurs en bois de renne sculpté dans cette grotte.
(English) Spearthrowers made of carved reindeer antler were found in this cave.
Entry ID: fr:en:propulseur · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary