sustainer
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nər noun
1.
a person or thing that sustains.
2.
Rocketry.
a.
any stage of a multistage rocket or guided missile that sustains flight after the burnout of the booster.
b.
the rocket engine or cluster of engines contained in such a stage.
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| a rocket engine that maintains the velocity of a space vehicle after the booster has been jettisoned | |
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Sustainer
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
Exports had been an important sustainer for growth, but are losing steam as the world enters a recession.
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