Definition of Thruster. Meaning of Thruster. Synonyms of Thruster

- Hall-effect thruster (HET) is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated by an electric field. Hall-effect thrusters (based on the...
- Look up thruster or thrusters in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thruster may refer to: A thruster is a propulsive device used by spacecraft and watercraft...
- An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive...
- Manoeuvering thrusters (bow thrusters and stern thrusters) are transversal propulsion devices built into or mounted to either the bow or stern (front or...
- An azimuth thruster is a configuration of marine propellers placed in pods that can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth), making a rudder redundant...
- literature, the term "plasma thruster" sometimes encomp****es thrusters usually designated as "ion engines". Plasma thrusters do not typically use high voltage...
- A thruster is a spacecraft propulsion device used for orbital station-keeping, attitude control, or long-duration, low-thrust acceleration, often as part...
- Navy have been named HMS Thruster: HMS Thruster (1917) was a R-class destroyer launched in 1917 and broken up in 1937. HMS Thruster (F131) was a Landing Ship...
- A magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (MPDT) is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion which uses the Lorentz force (the force on a charged...
- The gridded ion thruster is a common design for ion thrusters, a highly efficient low-thrust spacecraft propulsion method running on electrical power...