RATO (English, noun)
expansion: RATO (countable and uncountable, plural RATOs)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of rocket-assisted takeoff, an auxiliary rocket engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft.
tags: UK
abbreviation
alt-of
countable
initialism
uncountable
glosses: A takeoff assisted by such a unit.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: RATOs
tags: plural
form: rato
tags: alternative