ECO
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]ECO (plural ECOs)
- (US, astronautics) Abbreviation of engine cut-off or engine cutoff. (a NASA term for when rocket engines are shut down)
- (astronomy, physics) Initialism of eternally collapsing object. (a type of black hole replacement, to avoid having gravitational singularities)
Related terms
[edit](rocket engine):
- MECO (main engine cut-off)
- SECO (sustainer engine cutoff)
- SECO (secondary engine cut-off)
- BECO (booster engine cutoff)
(astrophysics):
- MECO (magnetospheric eternally collapsing object) (a different type of black hole replacement, that inspired the formulation of ECOs)
See also
[edit]- (astrophysics): magnetospheric eternally collapsing object on Wikipedia.Wikipedia