Thrust
111thrust reverser — A device placed in the tailpipe of a turbojet engine to deflect some of the exhaust gases forward to produce a rearward thrust. This helps decrease the landing roll. See thrust reversal …
112thrust spoiler — A pilot controlled spoiler that diverts jets from the jet engine to reduce engine thrust to nearly zero. In this system, there is no idling thrust, and the system itself is much simpler …
113thrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑overthrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a reverse fault in which the angle between the horizontal and the …
114thrust augmentation — noun : a process by which the thrust produced by a jet propulsion engine may be increased temporarily over its normal value by some secondary means (as the burning of additional fuel in the tail pipe, or the injection of water into the engine… …
115thrust hoe — noun : scuffle hoe * * * thrust hoe noun A hoe worked by pushing • • • Main Entry: ↑thrust …
116thrust horsepower — noun 1. : the actual horsepower delivered by the engine propeller unit in an airplane and found less than brake horsepower because the propeller is never 100 percent efficient 2. : the thrust of a jet engine or a rocket expressed in horsepower… …
117thrust plate — noun or thrust sheet : a geologic thrust block of great lateral extent …
118thrust shaft — noun : the length of a propeller shaft provided with collars for resisting the end thrust of the propeller and held by the thrust bearing …
119thrust something down someone's throat — force/push/ram/thrust/something down someone’s throat informal phrase to force someone to have or to accept something Viewers continue to have programmes like this thrust down their throats every day. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do… …
120thrust fault — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
