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rock·et
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retrorocket
a small, auxiliary rocket engine, forming a part of a larger rocket vehicle and having its exhaust nozzle pointed toward the direction of flight, for decelerating the larger rocket, separating one stage from another, etc. -
booster
A booster is something that increases a positive or desirable quality. -
ion rocket
a rocket or rocket engine using ion propulsion. -
posigrade rocket
an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight. -
rocket airplane
an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine. -
rocket engine
a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.