Brennschlüsse

Noun

Brennschluss (plural Brennschlüsse)

1. The moment in the path of a rocket when the fuel burns out, after which it continues its ballistic trajectory under only the forces of gravity and air resistance (if present).
   • The white line, abruptly, has stopped its climb. That would be fuel cutoff, end of burning, what’s their word... Brennschluss. We don’t have one. Or else it’s classified.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow