yo-weight
nounUS /ˈjoʊ.wait/
Etymology By analogy with the paired yo-yo weights similarly unreeled in the course of yo-yo despin.
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Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A weight unreeled from a discarded rocket stage to unbalance the stage and cause it to tumble, preventing the stage's residual thrust from causing it to ram the payload that discarded the stage.
- Synonyms
- yo tumbler