Afterbeat
a secondary, weaker half of a musical .
Read Also:
- Afterbirth
the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus childbirth. Contemporary Examples Crown emerges from the bedroom with a pair of flat black slacks, the cloudy detritus of afterbirth splayed across the seat. Idaho Woman Who Gave Birth on Highway: ‘I Had to Pull My Pants Down to Get the Baby Out’ Dale Eisinger July […]
- Afterbody
Nautical. the portion of a ship’s hull aft of the middle . Aeronautics. the rear part of an aircraft’s fuselage. Rocketry. the part of a guided missile behind the nose cone, usually unprotected against reentry heat. noun (pl) -bodies any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit
- Afterbrain
the metencephalon. noun a nontechnical name for myelencephalon
- Afterburner
Aeronautics. a device placed within, or attached to the exit of, a jet-engine exhaust pipe to produce afterburning. a device for burning exhaust fumes from an internal-combustion engine, as of an automobile. noun a device in the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine for removing or rendering harmless potentially dangerous components in the exhaust gases […]
- Afterburning
Aeronautics. combustion in an afterburner that results from the injection of fuel into the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust with more efficient fuel consumption. Rocketry. an irregular burning of residual fuel in some rocket motors after the cessation of the main burning. noun Also called reheat. a process in which […]