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tumble motors

tumble motors is the plural of tumble motor.

Meaning of tumble motor

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.

Questions about tumble motors

What is tumble motors the plural of?
Tumble motors is the plural of tumble motor.

Words near tumble motors in the dictionary

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

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