"drag parachute" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1962 July 27, “Jet-Powered Dragster”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 2015-11-13, page 12:",
          "text": "The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992 May 17, “Shuttle Uses Parachute to Chalk Up Another First”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-13:",
          "text": "As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 8, “Retired RAF pilot saves bomber from air show disaster”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-11-13:",
          "text": "The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it.",
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        }
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        "A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device."
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          "motor racing",
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          "deploy",
          "deploy"
        ],
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          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
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        [
          "space shuttle",
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          "motor vehicle",
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          "braking",
          "brake"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aeronautics, motor racing) A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "drogue parachute"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "parabrake"
        },
        {
          "word": "drag chute"
        }
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        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motor-racing",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "racing",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "parachute as braking device",
          "word": "jarruvarjo"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "drag parachute"
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          "ref": "1962 July 27, “Jet-Powered Dragster”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 2015-11-13, page 12:",
          "text": "The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1992 May 17, “Shuttle Uses Parachute to Chalk Up Another First”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-13:",
          "text": "As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009 September 8, “Retired RAF pilot saves bomber from air show disaster”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-11-13:",
          "text": "The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it.",
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        "(aeronautics, motor racing) A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device."
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      "word": "parabrake"
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    {
      "word": "drag chute"
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      "sense": "parachute as braking device",
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    }
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  "word": "drag parachute"
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