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hypergolic

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.
  2. adjective Involving such a hypergolic agent.
  3. noun A hypergolic propellant; a hypergol.

Similar words

propellants hyperoxidant plosophoric hyperoxidized hypohalogeneous glycidic photooxidizable adrenalinogenic glyoxylic oxygenizable

Often followed by

propellants with fuel ignition fuels propellant reaction and rocket

Word family

hypergolically

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