retropulsive

== English == === Etymology === From retro- + Latin pellere, pulsum (“to impel”). === Adjective === retropulsive (comparative more retropulsive, superlative most retropulsive) That drives or forces back; repelling or repellant. Exhibiting or relating to retropulsion. === References === “retropulsive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.