hypergolic

hypergolic
/huy'peuhr gaw"lik, -gol"ik/, adj.
(esp. of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
[1945-50; HYP(ER)- + ERG- + -OL2 + -IC]

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