Look up: rocket

1. 
   Rocket
   A rocket is a cylindrical case which can be projected as a result of the reaction of gases discharged from its rear when its combustible contents are ignited.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
2. 
   rocket
   [n] - erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender 2. [n] - propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon 3. [n] - any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine 4. [n] - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion 5. [v] - shoot up abruptly 6. [v] - propel with a rocket
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. 
   Rocket
   Piece of equipment used to send stuff into space.
   Found on http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Glossary4.ph
   
   
4. 
   Rocket
   Commonly used term for a launch vehicle. One burning liquid or solid fuel and carrying Its own oxidizer, enabling combustion to continue outside of the earth's atmosphere.Historical Notes1232 Rockets invented in China to defend city of Kaifeng against Mongol invaders.1500 Chinese scientist Wan Hu ties 47 gunpowder rockets to a chair in an effort to...
   Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
   
   
5. 
   rocket
   (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Gravity) A vehicle propelled by emitting gases at very high velocity - moving by reaction in the opposite direction to the gases.
   Found on http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/l
   
   
6. 
   rocket
   A self-propelled vehicle whose trajectory or course,while in flight,cannot be controlled. Category: Management in the public and private sector • Missile whose motion is due to reaction propulsion and whose flight path cannot be controlled during flight. Category: Transport
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
7. 
   Rocket
   Rock'et noun [ French roquette (cf. Spanish ruqueta , It ruchetta ), from Latin eruca .] (Botany) (a) A cruciferous plant ( Eruca sativa ) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below. Dyer's Rocket . (Botany) See Dyer's broom , under Broom . -- Ro ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/88
   
   
8. 
   Rocket
   Rock'et noun [ Italian rocchetta , from rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.] 1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/88
   
   
9. 
   Rocket
   Rock'et intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rocketed ; present participle & verbal noun Rocketing .] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [ Eng.] « An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me.» H. R. Haggard.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/88
   
   
10. 
    rocket
    1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
11. 
    rocket
    rocket engine noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
12. 
    rocket
    roquette noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
13. 
    rocket
    noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
    
    
14. 
    Rocket
    A `rocket` is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. The history of rockets goes back to at least the 13th century, possibly earlier. By the 20th century it included human spaceflight to the Moon, and in the 21st century rockets have enabled commercial space tourism. Rockets are used for fireworks and weaponry, as launch vehicles for artificial satel...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket
    
    
15. 
    Rocket
    • (n.) Damewort. • (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. • (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below. • (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. • (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
16. 
    rocket
    (from the article `firework`) The most popular form of firework, the rocket, is lifted into the sky by recoil from the jet of fire thrown out by its burning composition; its case ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/59
    
    
17. 
    rocket
    any of the 90 species of the genus Sisymbrium, of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), weedy plants with yellow flowers that are common in waste areas ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/59
    
    
18. 
    Rocket
    pioneer railway locomotive built by the English engineers George and Robert Stephenson. Following the success of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/59
    
    
19. 
    rocket
    any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion. ... [16 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/59
    
    
20. 
    Rocket
    Device which provides propulsion through the expulsion of some mediumat high velocity.
    Found on http://www.aeroconsystems.com/glossary.h
    
    
21. 
    rocket
    1. A Mediterranean plant (Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) having flowers with purple-veined, yellowish-white petals and leaves that are sometimes used in salads. Also called arugula, rocket salad, roquette.…
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js
    
    
22. 
    rocket
    A projectile driven by reaction (jet) propulsion that carries its own propellants. A rocket is therefore independent of Earth’s atmosphere in terms of both thrust and oxidizer. Related entry • rocket principle
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi
    
    
23. 
    rocket
    rocket, in botany, popular name for several plants of the family Cruciferae (mustard family). The dame's, or damask, violet, damewort, or sweet rocket is Hesperis matronalis, a hardy, herbaceous Old World perennial with four-petaled flowers, ranging from white to purple, that are especially fragrant...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08421
    
    
24. 
    rocket
    rocket, any vehicle propelled by ejection of the gases produced by combustion of self-contained propellants. Rockets are used in fireworks, as military weapons, and in scientific applications such as space exploration.Sections in this article:IntroductionRocket PropulsionRocket DesignDevelopment of ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08421