yo-weight
English
editEtymology
editBy analogy with the paired yo-yo weights similarly unreeled in the course of yo-yo despin.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.wait/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
edityo-weight (plural yo-weights)
- (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.