Meaning

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

    Bremsrakete

    a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft designed to slow or reverse its motion:

Origin

Old Italian rocchetto

Old Italian rocchetto

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Forms

plural: retrorockets

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedretro

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrorocket — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto