ECO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eco"

English

Noun

ECO (countable and uncountable, plural ECOs)

  1. (US, astronautics) Abbreviation of engine cutoff.
  2. (astronomy, physics) Initialism of eternally collapsing object, a type of black hole replacement, to avoid having gravitational singularities.

(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

Proper noun

ECO

  1. Initialism of Energy Company Obligation.

Proper noun

ECO

  1. (chess) Initialism of Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings

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