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Reaction force
Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction, the accelerated mass
Thrust
Supersonic car
ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust SuperSonic Car is a British jet car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC
ThrustSSC
Thrusting motion of the pelvic region
The pelvic thrust is the thrusting motion of the pelvic region, which is used for a variety of activities, such as dance, exercise, or sexual activity
Pelvic_thrust
Topics referred to by the same term
thrust in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thrust is a reaction force described by Newton's Second and Third Laws. Thrust may also refer to: Thrust fault
Thrust_(disambiguation)
Temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust
Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is an operating mode for jet engines equipped with a thrust reverser when thrust is directed forwards for
Thrust_reversal
Technique to improve fuel efficiency in airliner takeoffs
this case a lower thrust may be used. Lower thrust settings increase engine life and reduce maintenance costs. The take-off thrust available from a civil
Flex_temp
Facet of ballistics and aeronautics
Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the
Thrust_vectoring
1974 studio album by Herbie Hancock
Thrust is the fourteenth studio album by American jazz-funk musician Herbie Hancock, released in September 1974 on Columbia Records. The album reached
Thrust_(album)
Abnormal tongue tip behaviour in infants
Tongue thrust, also called reverse swallow or immature swallow, is a pseudo-pathological name for an adaptive lip seal mechanism, whereby normal nasal
Tongue_thrust
Family of rotary bearings designed to support axial loads
load. Thrust bearings come in several varieties. Thrust ball bearings, composed of bearing balls supported in a ring, can be used in low-thrust applications
Thrust_bearing
Type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that
Thrust_fault
Airbreathing jet engine designed to provide thrust by driving a fan
engine produces thrust through a combination of these two portions working together. Engines that use more jet thrust relative to fan thrust are known as
Turbofan
English actor (1927–2017)
in Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) (for which he was credited as "Turk Thrust II"). Then, he tried a thriller The Naked Face (1984), written and directed
Roger_Moore
Aircraft engine that produces thrust by emitting a jet of gas
discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition may include rocket, water
Jet_engine
Dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a propelled vehicle
Thrust-to-weight ratio is a dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a reaction engine or a vehicle with such an engine. Reaction engines include jet
Thrust-to-weight_ratio
System of thrust vectoring used in rockets
Gimbaled thrust is the system of thrust vectoring used in most rockets, including the Space Shuttle, the Saturn V lunar rockets, and the Falcon 9. In a
Gimbaled_thrust
Type of solid propellant rocket engine
In a dual-thrust solid propellant rocket engine, the propellant mass is composed of two different types (densities) of fuel. In the case of a tandem dual-thrust
Dual-thrust_rocket_motor
Airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft
the propelling nozzle where it is accelerated to high speed to provide thrust. Two engineers, Frank Whittle in the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain in
Turbojet
Stage that extends into the audience on three sides
In theatre, a thrust stage (a platform stage or open stage) is one that extends into the audience on three sides and is connected to the backstage area
Thrust_stage
Full body exercise
The burpee, a squat thrust with an additional stand between repetitions, is a full body exercise used in strength training. The movement itself is primarily
Burpee_(exercise)
Characteristic of rocket engine nozzles
Thrust coefficient or c F {\displaystyle c_{F}} (sometimes c τ {\displaystyle c_{\tau }} ) is a dimensionless number that measures the performance of a
Thrust_coefficient
The line of thrust is the locus of the points, through which forces pass in a retaining wall or an arch. It is the line, along which internal forces flow
Line_of_thrust
Seismic fault in California, United States
The Mount Diablo Thrust Fault, also known as the Mount Diablo Blind Thrust, is a thrust fault in the vicinity of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California
Mount_Diablo_Thrust_Fault
Aircraft takeoff and landing class
wing – Rotating aerodynamic rotor or wing Thrust reversal – Temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's thrust Thrust vectoring – Facet of ballistics and aeronautics
V/STOL
Geological fault in the Himalayas
Murree and Drang thrust faults, the Krol thrust fault, the Surkhet-Ghorahi thrust fault, the Kathmandu thrust, and the Gondwana/Garu thrust. Despite originating
Main_Boundary_Thrust
Internal ballisitics term
Bolt thrust or breech pressure is a term used in internal ballistics and firearms (whether small arms or artillery) that describes the amount of rearward
Bolt_thrust
Specific thrust is the thrust per unit air mass flowrate of a jet engine (e.g. turbojet, turbofan, etc.) and can be calculated by the ratio of net thrust/total
Specific_thrust
Type of earthquake at convergent plate boundaries
forced underneath another. The earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact between the two plates. These interplate earthquakes
Megathrust_earthquake
First aid procedure
maneuver (spelled manoeuvre in British English), also known as an abdominal thrust, is a first-aid procedure used to treat upper-airway obstructions (or choking)
Heimlich_maneuver
Turbojet engine component
mostly those on military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to increase thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff, and combat. The afterburning process
Afterburner
A thrust block, also known as a thrust box, is a specialised form of thrust bearing used in ships, to resist the thrust of the propeller shaft and transmit
Thrust_block
Ejector Thrust Augmentor (PETA) is a proprietary pulse jet engine developed by Boeing. The Boeing PETA design embeds the pulse jet inside a thrust augmenting
Pulse Ejector Thrust Augmentor
Pulse_Ejector_Thrust_Augmentor
Fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output
Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. TSFC may also be thought of as fuel
Thrust-specific fuel consumption
Thrust-specific_fuel_consumption
The Haflong Thrust is the most persistent of the thrusts in the 400 km long Belt of Schuppen (BoS) in the western part of Nagaland. The Belt of Schuppen
Haflong_Thrust
Calisthenic exercise
The squat thrust or up down is a calisthenic exercise. It typically is performed as follows: Bend your knees and drop into a squat position, then fall
Squat_thrust
Graph of rocket thrust
A thrust curve, sometimes known as a "performance curve" or "thrust profile" is a graph of the thrust of an engine or motor, (usually a rocket) with respect
Thrust_curve
2010s narrow-body airliner by Airbus
(214,000 lb), and its engine has 109 to 156 kN (24,500 to 35,000 lb) of thrust. The A321neo began production in 2016, with final assembly taking place
Airbus_A321neo
Narcotic Thrust are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of producers Stuart Crichton and Andy Morris. The name Narcotic Thrust is an anagram
Narcotic_Thrust
Musical artist
Christopher France (born July 8, 1976), better known by his stage name Thrust, is a Canadian rapper from Toronto, Ontario. He is most known for his appearance
Thrust_(rapper)
1986 video game
Thrust is a 1986 video game programmed by Jeremy C. Smith (who later co-authored Exile) for the BBC Micro and published by Superior Software. The player's
Thrust_(video_game)
The Main Central Thrust is a major geological fault where the Indian plate has pushed under the Eurasian plate along the Himalaya. The fault slopes down
Main_Central_Thrust
Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
rocket engine, also known as a rocket motor, is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass rearward
Rocket_engine
Science fiction tabletop game
Full Thrust is a science fiction strategy wargame written by Jon Tuffley and published by Ground Zero Games of England. It is usually played with miniature
Full_Thrust
The familiar study of jet aircraft treats jet thrust with a "black box" description which only looks at what goes into the jet engine, air and fuel, and
Gas_turbine_engine_thrust
Geological feature
The Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) is a décollement under the Himalaya Range. This thrust fault follows a northwest-southeast strike, reminiscent of an arc
Main_Himalayan_Thrust
Measurement indicator of fuel conversion
into thrust. One key metric of performance is the thermal efficiency; how much of the chemical energy (fuel) is turned into useful work (thrust propelling
Jet_engine_performance
Concept in structural geology
Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and
Thrust_tectonics
SpaceX family of liquid-fuel rocket engines
actuators. It makes 162,500 pounds of thrust in vacuum. that is nearly 158 thrust/weight. The new full thrust variant weighs the same and makes about
SpaceX_Raptor
High-bypass turbofan aircraft engine
turbofan aircraft engines built by GE Aerospace for the Boeing 777, with thrust ratings from 81,000 to 115,000 pounds-force (360 to 510 kilonewtons). It
General_Electric_GE90
Aircraft deceleration method when landing
Target-type thrust reversal (also called bucket thrust reversal or clamshell thrust reversal) is a deceleration method when an aircraft lands. Like other
Target-type_thrust_reversal
Change in velocity per amount of fuel
(a SI unit) or feet per second (in imperial units). It is equivalent to thrust (a force, in newtons or pounds) per mass flow rate (in kg/s or lbm/s). It
Specific_impulse
English rock band
and bonus tracks from single releases. Def Leppard began their Downstage Thrust Tour, on 27 June, which took them across the US and into Canada. On 25 April
Def_Leppard
Rocket engine used on the Saturn V rocket
temperatures. The heart of the engine was the thrust chamber, which mixed and burned the fuel and oxidizer to produce thrust. A domed chamber at the top of the engine
Rocketdyne_F-1
Manual control of the thrust of an aircraft's engines from the cockpit
Thrust levers or throttle levers are found in the cockpit of aircraft, and are used by the pilot, copilot, flight engineer, or autopilot to control the
Thrust_lever
Airway management procedure
The jaw-thrust maneuver is a first aid and medical procedure used to prevent the tongue from obstructing the upper airways. This maneuver and the head-tilt/chin-lift
Jaw-thrust_maneuver
Rocket engine in SpaceX Falcon launch vehicles
eliminates the need for a separate hydraulic drive system and means that thrust vectoring control failure by running out of hydraulic fluid is not possible
SpaceX_Merlin
Reusable first-stage rocket developed by SpaceX
the vehicle, the other feeds liquid methane. The oxygen tank ends at the thrust puck of the vehicle. While the outer twenty engines are mounted on a ring
SpaceX_Super_Heavy
Third version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2) is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in
Falcon_9_Full_Thrust
Series of mountainous foothills
fold and thrust belt is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics. Fold and thrust belts
Fold_and_thrust_belt
Chinese super-heavy rocket in development
tons. 16 YF-135 liquid oxygen kerosene engines, each with over 300 tons of thrust, will be used in the first stage; 120-ton hydrogen-oxygen engines will be
Long_March_9
Turbine engine driving an aircraft propeller
major portion of the total thrust, since almost all of the engine's power is used to drive the propeller. Exhaust thrust in a turboprop is sacrificed
Turboprop
Geological structure
geology, a nappe or thrust sheet is a large sheetlike body of rock that has been moved more than 2 km (1.2 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi) above a thrust fault from its
Nappe
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Unlike jet engines, rockets
Rocket
American flight school
Thrust Flight, founded as a partner of US Sport Aircraft in 2006, is a flight school with its main campus at the Addison Airport near Dallas, two satellite
Thrust_Flight
Movement along a thrust fault that is not visible at the surface
A blind thrust earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind". Such faults, being
Blind_thrust_earthquake
2008 studio album by We Are Scientists
Brain Thrust Mastery is the second studio album by We Are Scientists, which was released on March 17, 2008. The first single from the album was "After
Brain_Thrust_Mastery
English actor (1927–2014)
Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 – 14 June 2014) was an English actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC television series of the same name
Francis_Matthews_(actor)
Series of bond ballot initiatives in King County, Washington
The Forward Thrust ballot initiatives were a series of bond propositions put to the voters of King County, Washington in 1968 and 1970, designed by a group
Forward_Thrust
Motor vehicle
March 7, 1977. The first run was performed with a standing start at idle thrust and gradual acceleration and had an estimated top speed of about 180 mph
Thrust2
System of faults in Indonesia
The Flores back-arc thrust fault is a major system of west–east trending thrust faults that extend eastwards from west of Lombok just south of where Sunda
Flores_back-arc_thrust_fault
Bridge which can slide open
usually a ship on a waterway. This type is sometimes referred to as a thrust bridge. Retractable bridges date back to medieval times. Due to the large
Retractable_bridge
Force from tire camber angle
Camber thrust and camber force are terms used to describe the force generated perpendicular to the direction of travel of a rolling tire due to its camber
Camber_thrust
Form of electric spacecraft propulsion
from its atoms. The ions are then accelerated using electricity to create thrust. Ion thrusters are categorized as either electrostatic or electromagnetic
Ion_thruster
American adaptive cycle engine
cooling or to the core and fan streams for additional thrust and performance. The engine thrust has not been disclosed, although it is speculated by aviation
Pratt_&_Whitney_XA103
Engine whose failure would most adversely affect aircraft performance or handling
aircraft becomes inoperative, a thrust imbalance exists between the operative and inoperative sides of the aircraft. This thrust imbalance causes several negative
Critical_engine
American low-bypass turbofan engine for the F-22 Raptor
which resulted in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The engine delivers thrust in the 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class and was designed for sustained supersonic
Pratt_&_Whitney_F119
Type of propelling nozzle
pressure. The typical high level goal in nozzle design is to maximize its thrust coefficient C F {\displaystyle C_{F}} , which acts as a strong multiplier
Rocket_engine_nozzle
January 2016, and the Falcon 9 Full Thrust (through Block 4) 36 times from December 2015, to June 2018. The latest Full Thrust variant, Block 5, was introduced
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010–2019)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2010–2019)
American super heavy-lift expendable rocket
and Lunar Module to the Moon. It is the fourth most powerful rocket by thrust at launch, at 34.5 meganewtons, and second most powerful to carry humans
Saturn_V
American adaptive cycle engine
cooling or to the core and fan streams for additional thrust and performance. The engine thrust has not been disclosed, although it is speculated by aviation
General_Electric_XA102
Unit of force
original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018. Thrust: combined thrust 29.36 MN SL (maximum thrust at launch reducing by 1/3 after 50 s) Richard Martin
Pound_(force)
Soviet super heavy-lift launch vehicle (1965–1972)
most powerful rocket stage flown for over 50 years, at 45 meganewtons of thrust, until the SpaceX Super Heavy. Block A's large cluster of thirty NK-15 engines
N1_(rocket)
Chinese fighter turbofan engine
is advertised as an engine with 120–140 kilonewtons (27,000–31,000 lbf) thrust. It has full authority digital engine control (FADEC). The WS-10 is reverse
Shenyang_WS-10
Rocket engine
(LOX) propellants, with each engine producing 1,033.1 kN (232,250 lbf) of thrust in vacuum. The engine's preliminary design dates back to recommendations
Rocketdyne_J-2
Electrohydrodynamic aircraft propulsion
to provide lift or thrust in the air without requiring combustion or moving parts. Current designs do not produce sufficient thrust for crewed flight or
Ion-propelled_aircraft
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
0 flew from 2010 to 2013, v1.1 flew from 2013 to 2016, while v1.2 Full Thrust first launched in 2015, encompassing the Block 5 variant, which has been
Falcon_9
Geared turbofan engine produced beginning 2007
models can generate 15,000 to 33,000 pounds-force (67 to 147 kilonewtons) of thrust. As of 2025, they are used on the Airbus A220, Airbus A320neo family, and
Pratt_&_Whitney_PW1000G
High-bypass turbofan engine
the engine, and 2500, which represents the 25,000-pound-force (110 kN) thrust produced by the original engine model, the V2500-A1. FAA type certification
IAE_V2500
1991 aircraft accident in Thailand
operating the route crashed following an uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser on the No. 1 engine during the climb phase, causing the aircraft
Lauda_Air_Flight_004
Major oceanic terrane that was thrust over central and northern Nevada, United States
The Golconda Thrust is a major oceanic terrane that was thrust over central and northern Nevada, North America, in possibly sometime between the late
Golconda_Thrust
Family of turbofan engines used by the Soviet military
8 tonnes-force (76.49 kN; 17,200 lbf) of thrust dry and 12.5 tonnes-force (122.6 kN; 27,560 lbf) of thrust in afterburner. The AL-31 has a modular design
Saturn_AL-31
Powered aircraft with wings
informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety
Airplane
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Switzerland
thrust (German: Glarner Überschiebung) is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland. Along the thrust the Helvetic nappes were thrust more
Glarus_thrust
Air-launched roller coaster type
A Thrust Air 2000 (commonly known as a thrust air coaster) was a model of launched roller coaster made by S&S Worldwide that used refrigerated, compressed
Thrust_Air_2000
Tendency of a propeller to yaw a vessel during acceleration
wheeling effect, paddle wheel effect, asymmetric thrust, asymmetric blade effect, transverse thrust, prop walk) is the term for a propeller's tendency
Propeller_walk
Martial arts term meaning "to thrust"
Tsuki (突き) derives from the verb tsuku (突く), meaning "to thrust". The second syllable is accented, with Japanese's unvoiced vowels making it pronounced
Tsuki
Solid propellant rocket used by the Space Shuttle
for human spaceflight. The two SRBs provided 85% of the Space Shuttle's thrust at liftoff and for the first two minutes of ascent. After burnout, they
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster
Turbofan aircraft engine family
engines produced by GE Aviation. The CF6, based on the TF39, the first high-thrust, high-bypass jet engine, has been used in a wide variety of airliners, but
General_Electric_CF6
r u s t {\displaystyle F_{thrust}} is the instantaneous thrust in newtons, F a v e {\displaystyle F_{ave}} is average thrust in newtons, and P T {\displaystyle
Model rocket motor classification
Model_rocket_motor_classification
Main stage of the NASA Space Launch System rocket
generates approximately 7.44 MN (1,670,000 lbf) of thrust, about 25% of the Space Launch System's thrust at liftoff, for approximately 500 seconds, propelling
Space Launch System core stage
Space_Launch_System_core_stage
THRUST
THRUST
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metathesized variant of Thurston 1.
Biblical
a body thrust hard together
Girl/Female
Biblical
A body thrust hard together.
Surname or Lastname
Variant of Dutch Schave.English
Variant of Dutch Schave.English : nickname from Middle English schove, probably from Old English scufa, a derivative of scūfan ‘to thrust or push’.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Thrust
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English shouere ‘pusher’, an agent derivative of Old English scūfan ‘to thrust or push’.
THRUST
THRUST
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a flower, One who watches over
Female
Turkish
Turkish name GÖZDE means "favorite."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
The Name of a Sacred River
Boy/Male
English American French
Form of Rufus: Red-haired.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Of light. Luminous.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wooddell.English : topographic name for someone living on a wooded hill, from Middle English wudu ‘wood’ + hyll ‘hill’, or a habitational name from any of various minor places named Woodhill.
Male
Iranian/Persian
 Short form of Persian Dârayavahush, DARA means "possesses a lot, wealthy." Compare with other forms of Dara.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vedhavalli | வேதாவலà¯à®²à¯€
Name of a God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Classe, a short form of Nicholas. See also Clayson.Variant of Klaas or Klass, North German forms of Claus.
Girl/Female
Latin
Named for the Furies.
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v. t.
To point or thrust a weapon at.
n.
A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
n.
A bout; a thrust; a venew.
n.
A bout, or turn, as at fencing; a thrust; a hit; a veney.
v. i.
To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot.
n.
The throstle, or song thrust.
n.
The act of pushing or thrusting.
imp. & p. p.
of Thrust
n.
A thrust, as with a lance.
v. t.
To push or drive with force; to drive, force, or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.
n.
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
v. t.
To point or thrust, as a lance.
v. t.
To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy.
v. i.
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thrust
v. i.
To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
n.
An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher.
n.
One who thrusts or stabs.
n.
In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
n.
A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.