yo-weight
English
Etymology
By analogy with the paired yo-yo weights similarly unreeled in the course of yo-yo despin.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.wait/
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Noun
yo-weight (plural yo-weights)
- (astronautics) A weight unreeled from a discarded rocket stage to unbalance the stage and cause it to tumble, preventing the stage's residual thrust from causing it to ram the payload that discarded the stage.
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