yo-weight

US/ˈjoʊ.wait/

noun

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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yo tumbler
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Meanings

nounyo-weight (plural yo-weights)

plural yo-weights

  1. aerospaceA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
yo tumbler

Origin

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

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APA

yo-weight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo-weight

MLA

“yo-weight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo-weight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yo-weight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yo-weight.

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