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yo-yo de-spin

yo-yo de-spin is the alternative form of yo-yo despin.

Meaning of yo-yo despin

Noun

yo-yo despin (uncountable)

  1. A method of reducing the rotation rate of a rapidly-spinning spacecraft by unreeling a pair of weights from the spinning spacecraft, greatly increasing the spacecraft's moment of inertia and transferring most of the spacecraft's angular momentum to the weights.

Questions about yo-yo de-spin

What is yo-yo de-spin the alternative form of?
Yo-yo de-spin is the alternative form of yo-yo despin.

Words near yo-yo de-spin in the dictionary

  1. yo-weight
  2. yo-weights
  3. yo-yo
  4. yo-yo club
  5. yo-yo clubs
  6. yo-yo de-spin
  7. yo-yo despin
  8. yo-yo dieting
  9. yo-yo mode
  10. yo-yo reflux
  11. yo-yo weight

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