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Definition: Retrorocket |
RetrorocketNoun1. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | (From retro acting.) A rocket fitted on or in a spacecraft, satellite, or the like to produce thrust opposed to forward motion. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Rocket fitted to vehicle to oppose forward motion, for example to bring satellite out of orbit and back to Earth. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Retrorocket |
| Specialty definitions using "retrorocket": braking rocket ♦ retrofire ♦ ullage and retrorocket. (references) |
Expression using "retrorocket": ullage and retrorocket. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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retrorocket | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "retrorocket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كبح صاروخي لمركبة فضائية, صاروخ كابح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retroraket (retro-rocket), bremseraket (retardation rocket, retro-rocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | remraket (retardation rocket, retro-rocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rétrofusée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bremsrakete (retardation rocket, retro-rocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πύραυλος επιβράδυνσης (retro-rocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טיל מאט, רקטת האטה. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fékezõrakéta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | razzo di decelerazione (retro-rocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etrorocketray retrofoguete (retro-rocket). (various references) retrocohete (retardation rocket, retro-rocket). (various references) bromsraket (retardation rocket, retro-rocket). (various references) geciktirme roketi, fren roketi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "retrorocket": retrorockets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-o-o-r-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: retorter, rocketer. | |
-4 letters: erector. | |
-5 letters: cooker, cooter, corker, cotter, recook, recork, rector, retook, retore, retort, rocker, rocket, rooter, rotter, tercet, terret, terror, tooter, torero. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-k-o-o-r-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: retrorockets. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 74 72 6F 72 6F 63 6B 65 74 |
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