yo-weight

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Etymology[edit]

By analogy with the paired yo-yo weights similarly unreeled in the course of yo-yo despin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yo-weight (plural yo-weights)

  1. (astronautics) 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.

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