Usually means: Engine for slowing or reversing spacecraft.
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  1. retrorocket: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. retrorocket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. retrorocket: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. retrorocket: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Retrorocket: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (retrorocket)

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

Similar:
retropropulsion, solid rocket, rocketship, rocket, fusion rocket, rocket ship, rocket motor, turborocket, posigrade, reaction engine, more...

Opposite:
prograde, forward rocket, thrust forward

Types:
solid-fuel rocket, liquid-fuel rocket, hybrid rocket, more...

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Similar:
retropropulsion, solid rocket, rocketship, rocket, fusion rocket, rocket ship, rocket motor, turborocket, posigrade, reaction engine, more...

Opposite:
prograde, forward rocket, thrust forward

Types:
solid-fuel rocket, liquid-fuel rocket, hybrid rocket, more...



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