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orion drive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
ori-on -drive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions that push against the rear mounted pusher plate.

noun

An engine using such a method.

Etymology

From Orion + drive, since it originated from Project Orion, a U.S. government study from the 1950s.

Inflected Forms

Orion drives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nuclear-thermal drive nuclear-electric drive

Questions

What does orion drive mean?
A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions that push against the rear mounted pusher plate.
Where does orion drive come from?
From Orion + drive, since it originated from Project Orion, a U.S. government study from the 1950s.

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