yo-yo weight

noun

One of the weights unreeled from a spacecraft during yo-yo despin to reduce the spacecraft's rotation rate.

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Meanings

nounyo-yo weight (plural yo-yo weights)

plural yo-yo weights

  1. aerospaceOne of the weights unreeled from a spacecraft during yo-yo despin to reduce the spacecraft's rotation rate.
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