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Retrorocket
A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
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A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| retropropulsionnoun | (astronautics) Backward propulsion, especially the use of rockets to brake or change direction. |
| solid rocketnoun | (astronautics) A rocket that uses such an engine. |
| rocketshipnoun | A rocket-powered spacecraft. |
| rocketnoun | A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. |
| fusion rocketnoun | (astronautics) a rocket engine that uses nuclear fusion reactions for propulsive force |
| rocket shipnoun | A spacecraft propelled by a rocket engine. |
| rocket motornoun | A rocket engine, especially a solid rocket or a hybrid rocket. |
| turborocketnoun | A jet engine where the turbine that turns the inlet compressor is powered by a rocket engine. |
| posigradenoun | (aerospace, astronautics) A small rocket that gives additional forward thrust. |
| reaction enginenoun | Any engine that generates thrust by expelling matter, especially hot gases produced by igniting a fuel; either a rocket engine or several types of jet engine. |
| resistojetnoun | (uncountable) A method of spacecraft propulsion (electric propulsion) that provides thrust by heating a (typically non-reactive) fluid. |
| rocket enginenoun | A reaction engine that obtains thrust by jet propulsion which forms its jet exclusively from propellant. |
| space rocketnoun | A rocket vehicle capable of reaching space (typically from the ground). |
| thrust reversernoun | (aviation) A feature of modern aircraft that diverts the exhaust of the aircraft engines forward to function as a brake. |
| step rocketnoun | A multistage rocket. |
| tumble motornoun | (astronautics) 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. |
| liquid rocketnoun | A rocket that uses liquid propellants. |
| rocket carnoun | A rocket-propelled car |
| reaction wheelnoun | A type of flywheel used by spacecraft to adjust their attitude without using fuel for rockets. |
| resojetnoun | A kind of pulsejet engine. |
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