POSIGRADE ROCKET


Meaning of POSIGRADE ROCKET in English

/poz"i grayd'/ , Rocketry.

an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.

[ 1960-65; POSI(TIVE) + -GRADE (perh. modeled on retrograde ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .