posigrade
adjective
posi·grade
ˈpäzəˌgrād
: relating to, using, or being an auxiliary rocket that imparts additional thrust to a spacecraft in the direction of motion
Word History
Etymology
positive + -grade (as in retrograde)
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
- interlineated
- interlineates
- interlineating
- interlineation
- interlineations
- interlined
- interliner
- interliners
- interlines
- interlingua
- interlinguae
- interlingual
- interlinguas
- interlinguistic
- interlinguistics
- interlining
- interlinings
- interlink
- interlinkage
- interlinked
- interlinking
- interlinks
- interlobate
- interlobular
- interlocal