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What is the meaning of thrust

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Thrust has the following meanings
1)push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
2) a propulsive force

In PHYSICS,Thrust is a force or a push(mostly reactive). When a system pushes or accelerates mass in one direction, there is a thrust (force) just as large in the opposite direction.The force applied on a surface in a direction perpendicular or normal to the surface is called thrust.Thus thrust, is measured in the newton(symbol: N)


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