HyperDic: retrorocket

English > 1 sense of the word retrorocket:
NOUNartifactretrorocketa small rocket engine on a larger / larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course
English > retrorocket: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA small rocket engine on a larger / larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course.
Broaderrocket, rocket engineA jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
Spanishretrocohete

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