Definitions
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- noun The moment in the trajectory of a
rocket when the fuelburns out , after which it continues with its own momentum for some distance and then begins to succumb to gravity; all-burnt, burn-out
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's the touch of the wandering sound-shadow, the Brennschluss of the Sun.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Ascending, programmed in a ritual of love ... at Brennschluss it is done-the Rocket's purely feminine counterpart, the zero point at the center of its target, has submitted.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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So was the Rocket's terrible passage reduced, literally, to bourgeois terms, terms of an equation such as that elegant blend of philosophy and hardware, abstract change and hinged pivots of real metals which describes motion under the aspect of yaw control: preserving, possessing, steering between Scylla and Charybdis the whole way to Brennschluss.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Brennschluss exactly here would make the Rocket go on to hit 1000 yards east of Waterloo Station.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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There's a Brennschluss point for every firing site.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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His propulsion tube reached _Brennschluss_, and for a few moments he watched, checking his speed and direction.
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You can't walk around very well until the ship reaches _Brennschluss_.
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It reached _Brennschluss_, and there was darkness.
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The Planeteer officer knows what _Brennschluss_ is.
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Now, ten minutes after _Brennschluss_, they were going to start deceleration.
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