Rocketer - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: rocketerRocket scientist
a very intelligent person used mostly in the phrases ldquoyou dont have to be a rocket scientist to rdquo and ldquoit doesnt take a rocket scientist to rdquo meaning that the subject that follows is easy to understand...
Congreve rocket
See congreve and cf Rocket...
Rocketer
A bird especially a pheasant which being flushed rises straight in the air like a rocket...
Sea rocket
See under Rocket...
Rocket docket
Rocket docket, means an accelerated dispute-resolution process, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1329....
brenschluss
the time at which the engines of a rocket stop firing the termination of the firing of the rocket engines whether due to intentional shutdown of the engines or exhaustion of the fuel This term was used mostly in the early days of rocketry when only one firing sequence occurred for rockets which were used as ballistic missiles or for experiments in rocketry or atmospheric science...
blast off
to begin ascending from the ground under rocket power of a rocket...
Congreve
Short for Cogreve rocket a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war either in the field or for bombardment In the former case it was armed with shell shrapnel or other missiles in the latter with an inextinguishable explosive material inclosed in a metallic case It was guided by a long wooden stick...
ethanol
The organic compound C2H5OH the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer wine and other fermented and distilled liquors called also ethyl alcohol It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles and as a rocket fuel as in the V 2 rocket...
ballistic missile
A rocket propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time contrasted with guided missile...
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