especially: an engine (such as a jet engine) that develops thrust by expelling a jet of fluid or a stream of particles
Examples of thruster in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe helium manifold in question could be isolated and the Starliner's many other thrusters could easily compensate.—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 May 2024 To top it off, bow and stern thrusters ensure docking is stress-free.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 May 2024 The spacecraft successfully docked with the space station during its second test flight in 2022, despite the failure of some thrusters during the launch.—John Helton, NPR, 18 May 2024 This assumes that all the pieces of the station could be dropped off in low orbit and then raised to GEO over a period of months by space tugs propelled by electrical ion thrusters rather than conventional rockets.—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for thruster
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