What does "yo-weight" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "yo-weight"?

Common synonyms include: yo tumbler.

Yo-weight

//ˈjoʊ.wait// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun

1
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.

Synonyms

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yo tumbler

Etymology

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

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