specific impulse
specific impulse
nounDefinition of SPECIFIC IMPULSE
: the thrust produced per unit rate of consumption of the propellant that is usually expressed in pounds of thrust per pound of propellant used per second and that is a measure of the efficiency of a rocket engine
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1947
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