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retro-rocket (iou)



retro-rocket noun. M20.
[from RETRO- + ROCKET noun3.]
An anti-submarine rocket fired backwards with a velocity equal to that of the launching aircraft, so as to fall vertically. rare. Only in M20.
A forward-directed auxiliary rocket used to slow down a spacecraft etc., as when re-entering the earth's atmosphere. M20.