Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a.
Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.
``[The] propulsive movement of the verse.'' --Coleridge.
Source : WordNet®
propulsive
adj 1: having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient"
2: 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}]