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retrorocket

retrorocket noun: a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.

Noun

retrorocket (plural retrorockets)

  1. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
    • At nine minutes and nine seconds after launch, the second stage separates, firing small retrorockets to help it back safely away from the remainder of the spacecraft.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 79
    Synonyms:
    retro

Synonyms of retrorocket

Forms of retrorocket

pluralretrorockets
alternative formretro rocket
alternative formretro-rocket

Origin of retrorocket

From retro- + rocket.

Words formed from retrorocket

Questions about retrorocket

What does retrorocket mean?
Retrorocket means a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
What part of speech is retrorocket?
Retrorocket is a noun.
What is the plural of retrorocket?
The plural of retrorocket is retrorockets.

Words near retrorocket in the dictionary

  1. retroregulates
  2. retroregulating
  3. retroregulation
  4. retroregulations
  5. retrorenal
  6. retrorocket
  7. retrorockets
  8. retrorolandic
  9. retrorsal
  10. retrorse
  11. retrorsely

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