rocket engine in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for rocket engine in the English»French Dictionary

rocket engine N

rocket engine

moteur-fusée m

Translations for rocket engine in the French»English Dictionary

propulseur (de fusée)

(rocket) engine

moteur-fusée

rocket engine

Translations for rocket engine in the English»French Dictionary

engine [Brit ˈɛndʒɪn, Am ˈɛndʒən] N

1. engine (motor):

engine (in car, train, aeroplane, boat)

moteur m

engine (in jet aircraft)

réacteur m

engine (in ship)

machines fpl

2. engine RAIL (locomotive):

engine

locomotive f

diesel/steam engine

locomotive diesel/à vapeur

to sit facing/with one's back to the engine

être assis dans le sens de la marche/dans le sens contraire à la marche

I.rocket [Brit ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑkət] N

1. rocket (spacecraft, firework):

rocket

fusée f

to take off like a rocket

partir en trombe

to take off like a rocket attr research, technology

spatiale

to take off like a rocket base

de lancement de fusées

2. rocket MIL:

rocket

fusée f

rocket attr range

de lancement de fusées

3. rocket:

rocket BOT, FOOD

roquette f

II.rocket [Brit ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑkət] VB intr

1. rocket price, profit, level, value:

rocket

monter en flèche

to rocket from 10 to 100/by 400%

grimper de 10 à 100/de 400%

2. rocket person, vehicle:

to rocket or go rocketing past sth

passer en trombe devant qc

to rocket to fame

accéder rapidement à la célébrité

III.rocket [Brit ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑkət]

to give sb a rocket inf Brit

sonner les cloches à qn inf

rocket engine in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for rocket engine in the English»French Dictionary

engine [ˈendʒɪn] N

1. engine (motor):

engine

moteur m

diesel/petrol engine

moteur diesel/à essence

2. engine AVIAT:

engine

réacteur m

jet engine

moteur à réaction

3. engine RAIL:

engine

locomotive f

I.rocket¹ [ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑ:kɪt] N

1. rocket (vehicle, firework):

rocket

fusée f

2. rocket no pl inf (reprimand):

to give sb a rocket

engueuler qn

II.rocket¹ [ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑ:kɪt] VB intr

to rocket (up)

monter en flèche

to rocket to sth

atteindre rapidement qc

III.rocket¹ [ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑ:kɪt] VB trans

rocket

attaquer à la roquette

rocket² [ˈrɒkɪt, Am ˈrɑ:kɪt] N (herb)

rocket

roquette f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The propulsion system's 16 monopropellant rocket engine thrusters, which control momentum and station-keeping on orbit, were upgraded to accept higher heat loading from the sunshield.

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The camera follows a flaming rocket engine and a white vapor trail or smoke against a blue sky as the debris plummets toward the ground.

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Air-breathing designs typically fly at supersonic or hypersonic speeds, and usually include a rocket engine for the final burn for orbit.

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In rocketry, a pintle engine uses a single-feed fuel injector rather than the hundreds of smaller holes used in a typical rocket engine.

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Lacking a convenient term to describe the swinging movement of a rocket engine, engineers began also using the word gimbal as a verb.

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Then it would try to get away with the remaining fuel in its rocket engine and finally land on its fixed skid.

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The engine has the highest specific impulse ever achieved for a gas-generator cycle kerosene rocket engine.

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The vehicle was to be powered by two jet engines and a rocket engine, intended to enable it to reach suborbital space.

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Propulsion was furnished by a bipropellant (monomethylhydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide) liquid-fueled rocket engine which could be gimballed up to 9 degrees.

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One is a rocket engine which mixes three separate streams of propellants.

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