Orion drive
English
noun
Definitions
- (astronautics) A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions that push against the rear mounted pusher plate.
- (astronautics) An engine utilizing such a method.
Etymology
Compound from English Orion + English drive.
Origin
English
drive
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Orion English
- Orionid English
- bedrive English
- codrive English
- drivable English
- drive English
- driveable English
- driveaway English
- drivebolt English
- drivee English
- drivehead English
- driveless English
- drivelike English
- driveline English
- drivepipe English
- driver English
- driveshaft English
- driveshed English
- drivest English
- driveth English
- drivetime English
- drivetrain English
- driveway English
- driving English
- floppy diskette drive English
- fordrive English
- hyperdrive English
- microdrive English
- misdrive English
- multidrive English
- outdrive English
- overdrive English
- piledrive English
- redrive English
- spacedrive English
- stardrive English
- sterndrive English
- todrive English
- underdrive English
- war-drive English
- wardrive English
- draivi Finnish
- Drive German
- драйв Russian
- drive Portuguese
- Orioun Middle English
- driven Middle English
- drajvo Esperanto
- ไดรฟ์ Thai
- drayb Cebuano
- 드라이브 Korean
- kalaiwa Hawaiian
- drive
- Orion
- driver
- drivee
- todrive
- drivest
- redrive
- driveth
- Orionid
- codrive
- driving
- bedrive
- driveway
- fordrive
- outdrive
- misdrive
- wardrive
- drivable
- drivepipe
- war-drive
- driveable
- driveless
- stardrive
- drivebolt
- overdrive
- driveshed
- drivelike
- drivetime
- piledrive
- driveaway
- drivehead
- driveline
- underdrive
- sterndrive
- microdrive
- multidrive
- drivetrain
- spacedrive
- driveshaft
- hyperdrive
- floppy diskette drive