thrust (noun)

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• thrust stage — noun a theater stage that extends out into the audience s part of a theater and has seats on three sides • Hypernyms: ↑theater stage, ↑theatre stage * * * noun Etymology: thrust, past participle of thrust (I) : a stage surrounded on three sides… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust bearing — noun a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution • Hypernyms: ↑bearing * * * noun or thrust block : a bearing to resist end thrust; specifically : one provided with collars or horseshoe shaped pieces or rollers which… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust — ► VERB (past and past part. thrust) 1) push suddenly or violently. 2) make one s way forcibly. 3) project conspicuously: the jetty thrust out into the water. 4) (thrust on/upon) impose (something) unwelcome on. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

• thrust plane — noun : the surface that is never strictly a plane along which dislocation has taken place in the case of a reverse or thrust fault * * * thrust plane noun (geology) A plane along which a block of lower rocks has overridden higher rocks almost… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust fault — noun a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression • Syn: ↑overthrust fault, ↑reverse fault • Hypernyms: ↑inclined fault * * * noun : a reverse fault in which the angle between the horizontal and the …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust hoe — noun : scuffle hoe * * * thrust hoe noun A hoe worked by pushing • • • Main Entry: ↑thrust …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust´ful|ness — thrust|ful «THRUHST fuhl», adjective. full of thrust; forceful: »Now at last there is the prospect of some thrustful competition…in one vitally important part of the work of the airlines (New Scientist). –thrust´ful|ly, adverb. –thrust´ful|ness,… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust´ful|ly — thrust|ful «THRUHST fuhl», adjective. full of thrust; forceful: »Now at last there is the prospect of some thrustful competition…in one vitally important part of the work of the airlines (New Scientist). –thrust´ful|ly, adverb. –thrust´ful|ness,… …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust|ful — «THRUHST fuhl», adjective. full of thrust; forceful: »Now at last there is the prospect of some thrustful competition…in one vitally important part of the work of the airlines (New Scientist). –thrust´ful|ly, adverb. –thrust´ful|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• thrust — (v.) late 12c., from O.N. þrysta to thrust, force, from P.Gmc. *thrustijanan, perhaps from PIE *trud push, press (see THREAT (Cf. threat)), but OED finds this derivation doubtful. The noun is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of principal… …   Etymology dictionary

• thrust augmentation — noun : a process by which the thrust produced by a jet propulsion engine may be increased temporarily over its normal value by some secondary means (as the burning of additional fuel in the tail pipe, or the injection of water into the engine… …   Useful english dictionary