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• a  having the power to propel
  propulsive coefficient
• s  tending to or capable of propelling
  the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency
  universities...the seats of propulsive thought

• None goes into forward motion; the propulsive efficiency is zero.
• The two best Blade Runner, with its "more human than human" androids, and Minority Report use Dick as a launching pad for their own propulsive flights of fantasy.
• Instead, he would need something with real propulsive oomph a liquid like kerosene or liquid hydrogen, mixed with liquid oxygen to allow combustion to take place in the airless .

• propellant
• propellent
• propelling

News & Articles

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• Trayvon Bromell breaks new ground in the 100
  After waiting calmly in the blocks, Trayvon Bromell accelerated powerfully through the stretch of his 100-meter race, finding some propulsive internal gear to blow past the competition at Saturday’s Great Southwest Classic. And he did it in a time so fast he broke through a barrier that had never been surpassed before in this country by a high school sprinter. What Bromell saw on the clock as he ...
  June 9, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Home Team
• Album review: Disclosure's endearingly exuberant 'Settle'
  There’s a moment near the end of the ’N Sync song “Up Against the Wall” -- it’s from the boy band’s 2001 swan song, “Celebrity,” if you don’t recall -- where one of the group’s members, suddenly overcome with his enthusiasm for the track’s sleekly propulsive groove, cries out, “Whoo! 2-step!”
  June 7, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Howard Gordon in USA Today
  We all felt it was right to end it,Gordon says. "We've really had what feels like our last day. The real-time aspect was one of the propulsive devices, but it was very restrictive, even with the absurdities, the license we allowed...
• Simon Carless in GamesIndustry.biz
  We're delighted to see the propulsive growth of independent games, with a record number of entries this year and so many innovative, alternative titles of such high quality,said Simon Carless, IGF chairman. "We congratulate all of our...
• Lev Grossman in NPR
  They tend to be narratively very propulsive, [and] not very interested in style and beautiful language,Grossman says. "There tends to be a lot of drama and melodrama, sex and violence. They grab your attention, and they don't really let it...