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  1. Thrust
    Thrust is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Thrust
    Thrust is slang for amyl nitrate (or any associated inhalant drug).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. thrust
    [n] - verbal criticism 2. [v] - push upward 3. [v] - press or force 4. [v] - push forcefully
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Thrust
    A thrust is a low angle fault that forms during periods of mountain building. The thrust at Knockan Crag is known as the Moine Thrust after the Moine schists, which were pushed about 70kms westwards to lie on top of the Durness limestone. This happened between 430 million and 400 million years ago w...
    Found on http://www.knockan-crag.co.uk/glossary.h

  5. Thrust
    A type of stage which projects out into the auditorium and has audience seated on three sides.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207

  6. Thrust
    The force exerted in any direction by a fluid jet. See also: Force, Propulsion, Rocket, Thrusters.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. Thrust
    an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  8. Thrust
    The force exerted by a propeller along its thrustline.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  9. thrust
    thrust is taken to mean the product of the exhaust mass flow per second and the difference between the exhaust velocity and the air inlet velocity Category: Mechanical engineering • any compressive force acting on a body in the direction of its axis Category: Physics • force ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Thrust
    Thrust noun & v. Thrist. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/51

  11. Thrust
    Thrust transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thrust ; present participle & verbal noun Thrusting .] [ Middle English ...rusten , ...risten , ...resten , Icela...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/51

  12. Thrust
    Thrust intransitive verb 1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. 2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in. « And thrust between my father and the god.» Dry...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/52

  13. Thrust
    Thrust noun 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing. « [ Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/52

  14. thrust
    1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; a word much used as a term of fencing. '[Polites] Pyrrhus with his lance pursues, And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.' (Dryden) ... 2. An atta...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  15. thrust
    noun verbal criticism; `he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. thrust
    shove 1 squeeze verb press or force; `Stuff money into an envelope`; `She thrust the letter into his hand`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. thrust
    driving force noun the act of applying force to propel something; `after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. Thrust
    • (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. • (imp. & p. p.) of Thrust • (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against t...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. thrust
    (from the article `arch`) ...of forcing the voussoirs together instead of apart. These stresses also tend to squeeze the blocks outward radially; loads divert these outward ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/46

  20. thrust
    (from the article `aerospace industry`) There are three basic types of flight vehicle-propulsion systems: piston engines (or reciprocating engines), turbine engines (true-jet, turboprop, ... ...usually composed of three gyroscopically stabilized accelerometers mounted at right angles to one another. By calculating the acceleration ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/46

  21. Thrust
    Force produced by a rocket motor by the efflux of matter at high velocity.
    Found on http://www.aeroconsystems.com/glossary.h

  22. thrust
    • the force used in pushing
    • the act of applying force to propel something
    • verbal criticism
    • a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

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  23. Thrust
    The horizontal component of a reaction or an outward horizontal force.
    Found on http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStruct

  24. Thrust
    In a centrifugal pump it refers to the axial movement of the shaft. The thrust can be towards the wet or power end of the pump and at start up it thrusts in both directions.
    Found on http://www.mcnallyinstitute.com/Charts/G

  25. Thrust
    In geology, thrust is a name given to a type of fault or break in a rock formation. The term thrust is particularly applied to those faults the planes of which make a small angle with the horizontal. By thrust action masses of rock are pushed over underlying masses, sometimes for many kilometres. Ex...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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