MEANING
To slow a spacecraft by passing through an atmosphere and using drag.
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Words that belong together
- aerobrake at periapsis
- aerobraking pass
On the page
The probe aerobraked through the planet’s upper atmosphere.
They planned to aerobrake over several shallow passes.
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Word forms
- Base
- aerobrake
- Past tense
- aerobraked
- Past participle
- aerobraked
- Present participle
- aerobraking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- aerobrake
- Present continuous
- am/is/are aerobraking
- Present perfect
- have/has aerobraked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been aerobraking
- Past
- aerobraked
- Past continuous
- was/were aerobraking
- Past perfect
- had aerobraked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been aerobraking
- Future
- will aerobrake
- Future continuous
- will be aerobraking
- Future perfect
- will have aerobraked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been aerobraking
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: aerobrake; aerobrakes; aerobraked; aerobraked; aerobraking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: aerobrakes.
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