tumble motor (English, noun)
expansion: tumble motor (plural tumble motors)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small rocket motor mounted to a rocket stage, which fires following staging in order to cause the discarded stage to tumble and prevent it from potentially ramming the spacecraft due to residual thrust.
Forms:
form: tumble motors
tags: plural