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pod chute

pod chute is the alternative form of pod-chute.

Meaning of pod-chute

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

Forms of pod chute

pluralpod chutes

Questions about pod chute

What is pod chute the alternative form of?
Pod chute is the alternative form of pod-chute.

Words near pod chute in the dictionary

  1. pod
  2. pod auger
  3. pod augers
  4. pod bit
  5. pod bits
  6. pod chute
  7. pod corn
  8. pod hotel
  9. pod hotels
  10. pod mod
  11. pod mods

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