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Hypergolic meaning

  1. Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.
  2. Involving such a hypergolic agent.

Using Hypergolic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer. | Involving such a hypergolic agent.
  • In the example corpus, hypergolic often appears in combinations such as: its hypergolic, hypergolic propellants, or hypergolic.

Context around Hypergolic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Hypergolic

  • In this selection, "hypergolic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, older, propellants, propellants, liquid and long stand out and add context to how "hypergolic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and its hypergolic propellants hydrazine and fuels are hypergolic which means. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hypergolic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hypergolic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

These both expand China’s launch capabilities but could also eventually replace the older, hypergolic Long March rockets. (18 words)

Hydrazine fuels are hypergolic, which means they start burning on their own upon coming in contact with oxygen. (18 words)

The Long March 3B rocket burns a toxic mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, a hypergolic combination that ignites when the two liquids make contact. (26 words)

F containing a secondary detonating explosive substance with its means of initiation, with a propelling charge (other than one containing flammable liquid, gel or hypergolic liquid) or without a propelling charge (1.1F, 1.2F, 1.3F, 1.4F). (39 words)

It took two minutes to fuel before launch, which could be a long time in high-speed intercepts, and its hypergolic propellants (hydrazine and nitric acid) were very dangerous to handle, leading to several serious accidents. (36 words)

E: Article containing a secondary detonating explosive substance without means of initiation, with a propelling charge (other than one containing flammable liquid, gel or hypergolic liquid) (1.1E, 1.2E, 1.4E). (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

These both expand China’s launch capabilities but could also eventually replace the older, hypergolic Long March rockets.

Hydrazine fuels are hypergolic, which means they start burning on their own upon coming in contact with oxygen.

The Long March 3B rocket burns a toxic mixture of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, a hypergolic combination that ignites when the two liquids make contact.

Beyond Brown's unauthorised flight, the British never tested the Me 163 under power themselves; due to the danger of its hypergolic propellants it was only flown unpowered.

Both fuel and oxidizer were toxic and required extreme care when loading in the aircraft, yet there were occasions when Komets exploded on the tarmac from the propellants' hypergolic nature.

E: Article containing a secondary detonating explosive substance without means of initiation, with a propelling charge (other than one containing flammable liquid, gel or hypergolic liquid) (1.1E, 1.2E, 1.4E).

F containing a secondary detonating explosive substance with its means of initiation, with a propelling charge (other than one containing flammable liquid, gel or hypergolic liquid) or without a propelling charge (1.1F, 1.2F, 1.3F, 1.4F).

It took two minutes to fuel before launch, which could be a long time in high-speed intercepts, and its hypergolic propellants (hydrazine and nitric acid) were very dangerous to handle, leading to several serious accidents.

Common combinations with hypergolic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hypergolic" in a sentence?
An example: "These both expand China’s launch capabilities but could also eventually replace the older, hypergolic Long March rockets." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "hypergolic" from authentic English texts.
What does "hypergolic" mean?
Hypergolic means: Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.
How many example sentences with "hypergolic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "hypergolic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.