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retrorocket en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Old Italian rocchetto Italian rocchettabor. English rocket English retrorocket From retro- + rocket.

Meanings

1. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
   • At nine minutes and nine seconds after launch, the second stage separates, firing small retrorockets to help it back safely away from the remainder of the spacecraft. 2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 79:

Forms

Deriveds

retro

Synonyms

retro

Translations (4)

vo geraket (rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion) · it retrorazzo (rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion) · de Bremsrakete (rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion) · fi jarruraketti (rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion)