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thrust buckets

thrust buckets is the plural of thrust bucket.

Meaning of thrust bucket

Noun

thrust bucket (plural thrust buckets)

  1. A reduction in thrust performed by some launch vehicles when approaching max Q, in order to reduce aerodynamic stresses on the vehicle's structure.

Questions about thrust buckets

What is thrust buckets the plural of?
Thrust buckets is the plural of thrust bucket.

Words near thrust buckets in the dictionary

  1. thrushy
  2. thrussies
  3. thrussy
  4. thrust
  5. thrust bucket
  6. thrust buckets
  7. thrust diamond
  8. thrust diamonds
  9. thrust fault
  10. thrust faults
  11. thrust load

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