单词 | astronautical |
释义 | astronauticaladj.ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [adjective] > types of navigation loxodromic1702 loxodromical1704 orthodromic1775 astronautical1848 radio navigational1921 1848 E. J. Sabine tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos II. 277 In order to afford a more lively idea of the early influence which the oceanic discoveries exercised on the enlargement of physical and astro-nautical [Ger. astronomisch-nautischen] knowledge, I will call attention..to..the writings of Columbus. 1880 Ann. Rep. Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1879 588 A Steinheil refractor of 3½ʺ aperture is used for astronomical observations, and some astro-nautical instruments for practice. 2. Of or relating to astronautics or astronauts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [adjective] > science astronautical1929 cosmonautic1947 cosmonautical1950 1929 Jrnl. Brit. Astr. Assoc. June 332 Prof. Oberth..has just been awarded the £80 prize offered for the most successful solution of the ‘astronautical’ question. 1952 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. May 126 The term ‘astronautical engineer’ cannot yet have the same significance as ‘aeronautical engineer’..although one day we feel sure it will have. 1973 A. C. Clarke Rendezvous with Rama 42 What we have here is undoubtedly a ‘Space Ark’. It's an old idea in the astronautical literature. 2007 Esquire Nov. 121/3 David Sington's lovely new film, In The Shadow Of The Moon, is a very effective exercise in space-race nostalgia, rejuvenating an idea of real-life astronautical heroism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1848 |
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