| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ideal rocket | Aerospace | A theoretical rocket postulated for parameters that are corrected in practice. An ideal rocket assumes a homogeneous and invariant propellant, observance of the perfect gas laws, no friction, no heat transfer across the rocket wall, an axially directed velocity of all exhaust gases, a uniform gas velocity across every section normal to the nozzle axis, and chemical equilibrium established in the combustion chamber and maintained in the nozzle. (references) | |
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