lithobraking
Meanings
noun
- Deceleration of a falling object due to impact with the ground.
verb
- present participle and gerund of lithobrake
Word forms
Etymology
From litho- (“pertaining to stone”) + braking, by analogy to aerobraking. First attested in c. 1999
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