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aerobrake

Definition of aerobrake

verb

[no object] technical
  • cause a spacecraft to slow down by flying through a planet’s rarefied atmosphere to produce aerodynamic drag: they were going to be aerobraking to reduce speed

noun

  • a mechanism for aerobraking.

aerobrake in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of aerobrake in the US English dictionary