propulsive adj 1: having the power to propel; "propulsive coefficient" 2: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" [syn: {propellant}, {propellent}, {propelling}, {propulsive}]
Propulsive \Pro*pul"sive\, a. Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging. "[The] propulsive movement of the verse." --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]