Talk:retropropulsion

RFV discussion: January–February 2023

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retropropulsion

RfV of all current (medical) senses. As excellently pointed out by 68.102.110.92, the real medical term appears to be retropulsion (without the -pro-), and in fact every single quotation currently on the retropropulsion entry is actually for this shorter word. Meanwhile, almost all hits on Google Books and Google Scholar for retropropulsion are about physics and space exploration. 70.172.194.25 02:21, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

I've converted the medical senses into alternative forms and moved the material to retropulsion. The two contemporary medical senses (now 2 and 3) are easily attested for this form, though (albeit much less common at least for sense 2), and are now cited. I added the rocketry sense, without citations atm. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 02:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, senses 2 and 3 look good. 70.172.194.25 04:52, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

RFV Passed except for sense 4. Ioaxxere (talk) 23:15, 9 February 2023 (UTC)