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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary rocket on a multistage spacecraft that is fired in the direction of the spacecraft's motion to separate the sections.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[posi(tive) + (retro)grade.]

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