retropulsive

English edit

Etymology edit

From retro- + Latin pellere, pulsum (“to impel”).

Adjective edit

retropulsive (comparative more retropulsive, superlative most retropulsive)

Driving back; repelling.
Exhibiting or relating to retropulsion.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retropulsive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)