retrofire
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]retrofire (not comparable)
- Describing rockets that are directed opposite to the direction of motion and used to slow down.
- The spaceship needs to turn around so its retrofire rockets slow it down and put it in a lower orbit.
Verb
[edit]retrofire (third-person singular simple present retrofires, present participle retrofiring, simple past and past participle retrofired)
- To fire the retrofire rockets of a craft.