Definition of (thrust) in English English dictionary
- blind thrust fault
- A type of thrust fault, which does not appear on the surface, being completely hidden underneath ductile surface rock layers
- cut-and-thrust
- A vehement argument
He never got used to the cut-and-thrust of political debate.
- home thrust
- A personal attack
- home thrust
- A well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part
- pelvic thrust
- A general thrusting motion of the pelvic region, as in human sexual intercourse
- specific thrust
- the thrust per unit weight of a vehicle or engine
- squat thrust
- A physical exercise performed by thrusting the legs fully backwards from a squatting position with hands on the floor
- thrust
- The primary effort; the goal
Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.
- thrust
- To force something upon someone
I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
- thrust
- A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, Thief!.
- thrust
- To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully
He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
- thrust
- An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point
Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- thrust
- To make advance with force
We thrust at the enemy with our forces.
- thrust
- The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine
Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- thrust fault
- A type of fault, with movement of the Earth's crust, in which a lower stratigraphic layer is pushed up and over a younger one as a result of compression forces
- thrust load
- A force that is applied along a bearing's axis
- thrust
- 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
- thrust
- {n} a shove, hostile attack, assault, thirst
- thrust
- {v} to push, shove, stab, compel, intrude
- thrust out
- Push to thrust outward, push out, obtrude
- Vectored Thrust
- thrust force (in airplanes) that allows one to change the direction using different devices and therefore control the direction of the airplane
- thrust
- the force acting on a rocket or an airplane, produced by the action of its motor and pulling it forward In an airplane, thrust is one of the four forces sensed by an airplane, the others being lift, drag and weight
- thrust
- If something thrusts up or out of something else, it sticks up or sticks out in a noticeable way. An aerial thrust up from the grass verge A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds
- thrust
- The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially Arch
- thrust
- An attack; an assault
- thrust
- is the unbalanced force developed in a turbojet engine that is caused by the difference in the momentum of the low-velocity air entering the engine and the high-velocity exhaust gases leaving the engine, and it is determined from Newton's second law is the unbalanced force developed in a turbojet engine that is caused by the difference in the momentum of the low-velocity air entering the engine and the high-velocity exhaust gases leaving the engine, and it is determined from Newton's second law
- thrust
- 1 The pushing or pulling force developed by an aircraft engine or a rocket engine
- thrust
- the forward force produced in reaction to the gases escaping rearward from a jet or rocket engine
- thrust
- The pushing or pulling force developed by an aircraft engine or a rocket engine
- thrust
- push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
- thrust
- a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
- thrust
- make a thrusting forward movement
- thrust
- a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them
- thrust
- verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
- thrust
- Thrist
- thrust
- To enter by pushing; to squeeze in
- thrust
- All types of facilities wherein the stage juts into the audience and is thereby surrounded on three sides A "modified thrust" or "modified proscenium" protrudes less, often utilizing a fan-shaped apron on which action can take place
- thrust
- The propulsive force of a rocket as a reaction to the rearward ejection of fuel gases at high velocities
- thrust
- The force produced by a jet engine or propeller It can also be defined as the forward reaction to the rearward movement of a jet exhaust
- thrust
- A lateral or inclined force resulting from the structural action of an arch; a pushing force
- thrust
- Thrust is the power or force that is required to make a vehicle move in a particular direction. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward
- thrust
- The rig capacity to push the drill stem into the ground without rotating TOOL JOINT A heavy bar with a rotary shouldered connections pin or box on one end The other end is attached to a joint of drill pipe Tool Joints provide a means for connecting drill pipe, a robust place to attach make-up wrenches
- thrust
- geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- thrust
- longitudinal or other force, i e the direction should be specified Used as the term for the non rotary force (torque) exerted by a shaft, as the propulsion effect of a turbojet, or rocket engine, etc
- thrust
- Is merely a thrust and not considered to be an adjustment unless the thrust succeeds 100% in correcting the subluxation and removing the nerve interference
- thrust
- place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
- thrust
- To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist
- thrust
- 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
- thrust
- the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
- thrust
- verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" geology: thrust (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- thrust
- If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force. They thrust him into the back of a jeep = shove Thrust is also a noun. Two of the knife thrusts were fatal
- thrust
- 1 The part of the trace in a compulsory figure where the blade engages ice to produce the impetus that propels the skater around the figure 2 The action of generating the impetus that propels the skater around the figure
- thrust
- The net reaction of a propeller or wheel tending to force the vessel through the water For a model propeller the thrust is generally measured in pounds, but for full sized vessels it is oftentimes reduced to pounds per ton of displacement
- thrust
- the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
- thrust
- press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- thrust
- To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude
- thrust
- The complete extension of the swordarm
- thrust
- The thrust of an activity or of an idea is the main or essential things it expresses. The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation
- thrust
- the force or push produced by a rocket in reaction to a high-speed jet of exhaust gas (the action)
- thrust
- A move in which the swimmer begins in the back pike position, with the legs perpendicular to the surface, then moves the legs and hips rapidly upward, unrolling the body to to assume the vertical position
- thrust
- The horizontal component of a reaction
- thrust
- impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
- thrust
- push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
- thrust
- In a wind generator, wind forces pushing back against the rotor Wind generator bearings must be designed to handle thrust or else they will fail
- thrust
- The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight
- thrust
- To stab; to pierce; usually with through
- thrust
- {f} drive by applying pressure, push, shove
- thrust
- The pushing or pulling force developed by an aircraft engine
- thrust
- cut and thrust: see cut
- thrust
- If you thrust your way somewhere, you move there, pushing between people or things which are in your way. She thrust her way into the crowd = push
- thrust
- {i} push, boost, hit; thrust force, propelling force (as of an airplane)
- thrust
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
- thrust
- The forward-directed force developed in a jet or rocket engine as a reaction to the rearward ejection of fuel gases
- thrust
- a reaction force in pounds
- thrust
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- thrust bearing
- bearing that is made to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis (Machinery)
- thrust bearing
- a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution
- thrust chamber
- combustion chamber, propulsion chamber (in rockets)
- thrust fault
- A fault caused by compressional forces
- thrust fault
- a fault on which the hanging wall appears to have moved up-ward, relative to the footwall, at an angle of 45o or less It is caused by horizontal compression It is a reverse fault with a shallowly dipping fault plane
- thrust fault
- A reverse fault in which the fault plane is inclined at an angle equal to or less than 45°
- thrust fault
- Break in the earth's crust from squeezing or compression; the overlying block moves up the dip of the fault plane and the underlying block moves down
- thrust fault
- A geologic fault where the hanging wall is forced over the foot wall
- thrust fault
- Reverse faults that dip at low angles (less than 15 degrees) and have stratigraphic displacements commonly measured in kilometers
- thrust fault
- n a low-angle reverse fault, where the hanging wall (overhanging wall) moves upward relative to the footwall
- thrust fault
- A reverse fault marked by a dip of 45º or less
- thrust fault
- a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
- thrust fault
- when a reverse fault has an angle of 45º or less
- thrust fault
- A reverse fault with a low angle of inclination
- thrust force
- pushing force, driving force
- thrust one's way
- pave one's way, make one's own way
- thrust out
- push to thrust outward
- thrust stage
- A stage that extends into the audience's portion of a theater beyond the usual location of the proscenium and often has seats facing it on three sides
- thrust stage
- a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides
- thrust upon
- If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it. Why has such sadness been thrust upon us? Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
- thrust washer
- (Mechanics) metal disk placed between two moving parts