drag parachute en · NOUN
Meanings
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A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.
The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.
1962 July 27, “Jet-Powered Dragster”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 13 Nov 2015, page 12:The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it.
2009 September 8, “Retired RAF pilot saves bomber from air show disaster”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 13 Nov 2015:As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.
1992 May 17, “Shuttle Uses Parachute to Chalk Up Another First”, in New York Times, retrieved 13 Nov 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drag chute | alternative | lexicographic | |
| drag parachutes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (1)
fi jarruvarjo (parachute as braking device)