retro-rocket
1retro rocket — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, apogee, attitude control rocket, ballistic capsule, burn, capsule, deep space ship, docking, docking maneuver, ferry rocket, fuel ship, injection, insertion, lunar excursion module, lunar… …
2retro-rocket — /ˈrɛtroʊ rɒkət/ (say retroh rokuht) noun 1. a braking rocket used for slowing down a spacecraft and preparing it for re entry. 2. a rocket used to retard one part of a spacecraft from another. Compare posigrade rocket. Also, retrograde rocket …
3retro-rocket — noun Date: 1957 an auxiliary rocket engine (as on a spacecraft) used in decelerating …
4retro-rocket — ret·ro rocket …
5retro-rocket — n. an auxiliary rocket for slowing down a spacecraft etc., e.g. when re entering the earth s atmosphere …
6rocket — Synonyms and related words: AA target rocket, ABM, ASM, ATS, Asp, Asroc, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Atlas Centaur, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Earth insertion, Falcon, Firebee, Genie, Hawk, Holy Moses …
7retro- — prefix Etymology: Latin, from retro, from re + tro (as in intro within) more at intro 1. backward ; back < retro rocket > 2. situated behind < retroperitoneal > …
8retro-engine — ˈre.trō sometimes ˈrē. ˌˌ noun Etymology: retro + engine : retro rocket …
9retro- — prefix 1 back towards the past: retroactive legislation (=which has an effect on things already done) | in retrospect (=looking back at what has happened) 2 back towards an earlier and worse state: a retrograde step | to retrogress 3 backwards: a …
10Retro — is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of retro style… …