retrorocket

retrorocket

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Proto-Italic *wretrō
Latin retrōder.
English retro-
English rocket
English retrorocket

    From retro- + rocket.

    Noun

    retrorocket (plural retrorockets)

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

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