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单词 aerodromics
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aerodromicsn.

Brit. /ˌɛːrəˈdrɒmɪks/, /ˌɛːrəˈdrəʊmɪks/, U.S. /ˌɛrəˈdrɑmɪks/, /ˌɛrəˈdroʊmɪks/
Forms: 1800s– aerodromics, 1900s– aërodromics.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aerodrome n.1, -ic suffix.
Etymology: < aerodrome n.1 + -ic suffix (see -ic suffix 2). Compare slightly later aerodromic adj.
Now historical.
With singular agreement. The science of powered flight; the construction and operation of aircraft.In later use chiefly with reference to the Langley medal awarded by the Smithsonian Institution.
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society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > science or art of powered flight
aviation1866
aerobatics1879
aerodromics1891
1891 S. P. Langley Exper. in Aerodynamics 5 The yet inchoate art of constructing suitable mechanisms for guiding heavy bodies through the air..which art..I will provisionally call aerodromics.
1904 Manitoba Morning Free Press 23 Jan. The commercial development of aerodromics must pass through the same period of experiment and advancement which has been common to all great commercial inventions of the present day.
1909 Science 19 Feb. 292/1 Resolved, that the Langley medal be awarded to Wilbur and Orville Wright for advancing the science of aerodromics in its application to aviation.
1921 E. C. Vivian Hist. Aeronaut. i. x. 133 Langley was an old man when he began the study of aeronautics, or, as he himself might have expressed it, the study of aerodromics.
1962 AIBS Bull. 12 18/3 Dr. Dryden recently received the Langley Gold medal of the Smithsonian Institution for his ‘specially meritorious investigations in connection with the science of aerodromics and its application to aviation’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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