afterflaming
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afterflaming
(′af·tər′flām·iŋ)
(aerospace engineering) With liquid- or solid-propellant rocket thrust chambers, a characteristic low-grade combustion that takes place in the thrust chamber assembly and around its nozzle exit after the main propellant flow has been stopped.
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The continued flaming combustion of a material after the exposing flame has been removed.
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