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pod-chute

pod-chute noun: a launch tube, airlock, or chute system used to deploy armored drop pods, escape pods, or atmospheric landers from a larger spacecraft.

Noun

pod-chute (plural pod-chutes)

  1. A launch tube, airlock, or chute system used to deploy armored drop pods, escape pods, or atmospheric landers from a larger spacecraft.
    • “That stuff will burn off,” said Quent. “What a contraption!”
      “The aerodynamics of a rock,” Svensk murmured. “Pod-chutes, perhaps, could be attached to these holes? I suggest as many as possible.”1969 November, James Tiptree, Jr., Worlds of IF, page 37
    • My plastic pod-chute bore me gently toward the ground; the pods of the other Starguards floated above me in the angry sky.1983 March, Robert Williams, Heavy Metal Magazine, page 88

Forms of pod-chute

pluralpod-chutes

Questions about pod-chute

What does pod-chute mean?
Pod-chute means a launch tube, airlock, or chute system used to deploy armored drop pods, escape pods, or atmospheric landers from a larger spacecraft.
What part of speech is pod-chute?
Pod-chute is a noun.
What is the plural of pod-chute?
The plural of pod-chute is pod-chutes.

Words near pod-chute in the dictionary

  1. pod shavers
  2. pod slurping
  3. pod vegetable
  4. pod vegetables
  5. pod-
  6. pod-chute
  7. poda patti
  8. podagra
  9. podagral
  10. podagras
  11. podagric

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