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ballute Definition

☆ bal·lute (ba lo̵̅o̅t′)

noun

a balloonlike device made of heat-resistant materials and inflated by stored gas, used for deceleration, as of a spacecraft reentering the earth's atmosphere

Etymology: ball(oon) + (parach)ute

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