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Wiktionary
- n. Alternative capitalization of Brennschluss.
Examples
“He murmured, "brennschluss," and the murmur was like a trumpet blast.”
“He tumed his eyes to the brennschluss timer and poised his hand on the cut-off switch, ready to choke the jet if the autopilot should fail.”
The Rolling Stones
“The pilot has his hands full in this maneuver, leaving it up to the co-pilot to guard the auto-pilot, to be ready to fire manually if need he, and to watch for brennschluss.”
The Rolling Stones
“Now that he thought about it, brennschluss had come pretty early.”
“His propulsion tube reached brennschluss, and for a few moments he watched, checking his speed and direction.”
“Now, ten minutes after brennschluss, they were going to start deceleration.”
“The tube reached brennschluss and Rip called orders.”
“But there was no possibility of getting at the stuff until brennschluss.”
“You can’t walk around very well until the ship reaches brennschluss.”
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john German word for the point at which a rocket or ballistic missile runs out of fuel. Used as a motif if Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, the title of which describes the arc of a missile after brenschluss, when its path is determined by gravity. Feb 25, 2008