posigrade rocket

[poz-i-greyd]

pos·i·grade rock·et

[poz-i-greyd]
noun Rocketry.
an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.

Origin:
1960–65; posi(tive) + -grade (perhaps modeled on retrograde)
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Posigrade rocket has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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