thruster: Meaning and Definition of

thrust•er

Pronunciation: (thrus'tur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person or thing that thrusts.
  2. a rider who keeps in the front of the field.
  3. a small rocket attached to a spacecraft and used to control its attitude or translational motion.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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