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retrorockets

retrorockets is the plural of retrorocket.

Meaning of retrorocket

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

Questions about retrorockets

What is retrorockets the plural of?
Retrorockets is the plural of retrorocket.

Words near retrorockets in the dictionary

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

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