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retrorocket

noun

Etymology

From retro- + rocket.

  1. derived from *rukkô✻ — “a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”
  2. derived from *rokkō✻
  3. derived from rocko — “spinning wheel”
  4. derived from rocchetta
  5. prefixed as retrorocket — “retro + rocket”

Definitions

  1. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its…

    A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.

The neighborhood

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