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tumble motor

tumble motor noun: a small rocket motor mounted to a rocket stage, which fires following staging in order to cause the discarded stage to tumble and prevent it from potentially ramming the spacecraft due to residual thrust.

Noun

tumble motor (plural tumble motors)

  1. A small rocket motor mounted to a rocket stage, which fires following staging in order to cause the discarded stage to tumble and prevent it from potentially ramming the spacecraft due to residual thrust.

Forms of tumble motor

pluraltumble motors

Questions about tumble motor

What does tumble motor mean?
Tumble motor means a small rocket motor mounted to a rocket stage, which fires following staging in order to cause the discarded stage to tumble and prevent it from potentially ramming the spacecraft due to residual thrust.
What part of speech is tumble motor?
Tumble motor is a noun.
What is the plural of tumble motor?
The plural of tumble motor is tumble motors.

Words near tumble motor in the dictionary

  1. tumble dryer
  2. tumble dryers
  3. tumble drying
  4. tumble home
  5. tumble in
  6. tumble motor
  7. tumble motors
  8. tumble mustard
  9. tumble on
  10. tumble ringwing
  11. tumble ringwings

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