English
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Etymology
From German.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'b�en�l�s/
Noun
en-noun|pl=Brennschlüsse
- The moment in the trajectory of a rocket when the fuel burn out|burns out, after which it continues with its own momentum for some distance and then begins to succumb to gravity; all-burnt, burn-out
#:*1973: The white line, abruptly, has stopped its climb. That would be fuel cutoff, end of burning, what�s their word�Brennschluss. We don�t have one. Or else it�s classified. � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
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