RETROFIRE

Etymology

Adjective

retrofire (not comparable)

Describing rockets that are directed opposite to the direction of motion and used to slow down.

Verb

retrofire (third-person singular simple present retrofires, present participle retrofiring, simple past and past participle retrofired)

To fire the retrofire rockets of a craft.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 June 2024

CONNECTION

(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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