Meaning

2 senses
  1. A rocket with a nuclear reactor aboard.

    a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant

  2. A rocket where a nuclear process, especially an on-board fission reactor, enables thrust to be produced.

Forms

plural: nuclear rockets
Singularnuclear rocket
Pluralnuclear rockets

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

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