astronauticsn.

Brit.

/ˌastrəˈnɔːtɪks/, U.S.

/ˌæstrəˈnɔdɪks/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French astronautique.

Etymology: < French astronautique (1927, attributed to ‘J. H. Rosny aîné’ (pseudonym for J. H. H. Boëx-Borel)) < astro- astro- comb. form + nautique nautics n.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare earlier aeronautics n. and later astronautic adj.The French word was used by R. Esnault-Pelterie in a paper delivered to La Société Astronomique de France on 8 June 1927 and published in print in L'exploration par fusées de la très haute atmosphère et de la possibilité des voyages interplanétaires (1928); he attributes the word there (on p. 94) to J. H. Rosny; see Notes & Queries (1960) 205 312 and Amer. Speech (1961) 36 169.

With singular agreement. The science and practice of space flight and human activity in space. Cf. cosmonautics n. at cosmonautic adj. Derivatives.

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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > science of

astronautics1928

cosmonautics1950

1928 Science 20 Apr. (Suppl.) p. xiv/2 ‘Astronautics’ is the latest name to be introduced for a branch of science. It has recently been adopted by the French Astronomical Society to indicate the problems of voyaging through space to other heavenly bodies.

1931 Internat. Cycl. Aviation Biogr. at Robert Esnault-Pelterie This volume [sc. R. Esnault-Pelterie's L'Astronautique (Paris, 1930)] affords a most thorough groundwork upon which the future development of the science of ‘Astronautics’ will doubtless depend.

1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 251/1 Astronautics, the science of space-flight, first emerged as a subject for serious study as a result of the labours of Ziolkovsky, round about 1900.

1960 Times 21 Mar. 13/6 There is need for an international law of astronautics.

1982 Astron. Q. 4 148 It reviews salient events of the past two hundred years in the field of aerostatics, aeronautics and astronautics.

2001 R. Miller & F. C. Durant Art of Chesley Bonestell i. 9/1 Astronautics is unique among all the sciences in that its roots are buried firmly in a particular literary genre.

2007 F. French & C. Burgess In Shadow of Moon v. 187 The whole field of astronautics has come about since I became a grown man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	astronautics
释义	astronauticsn. Brit. /ˌastrəˈnɔːtɪks/, U.S. /ˌæstrəˈnɔdɪks/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French astronautique. Etymology: < French astronautique (1927, attributed to ‘J. H. Rosny aîné’ (pseudonym for J. H. H. Boëx-Borel)) < astro- astro- comb. form + nautique nautics n.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare earlier aeronautics n. and later astronautic adj.The French word was used by R. Esnault-Pelterie in a paper delivered to La Société Astronomique de France on 8 June 1927 and published in print in L'exploration par fusées de la très haute atmosphère et de la possibilité des voyages interplanétaires (1928); he attributes the word there (on p. 94) to J. H. Rosny; see Notes & Queries (1960) 205 312 and Amer. Speech (1961) 36 169. With singular agreement. The science and practice of space flight and human activity in space. Cf. cosmonautics n. at cosmonautic adj. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > science of astronautics1928 cosmonautics1950 1928 Science 20 Apr. (Suppl.) p. xiv/2 ‘Astronautics’ is the latest name to be introduced for a branch of science. It has recently been adopted by the French Astronomical Society to indicate the problems of voyaging through space to other heavenly bodies. 1931 Internat. Cycl. Aviation Biogr. at Robert Esnault-Pelterie This volume [sc. R. Esnault-Pelterie's L'Astronautique (Paris, 1930)] affords a most thorough groundwork upon which the future development of the science of ‘Astronautics’ will doubtless depend. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 251/1 Astronautics, the science of space-flight, first emerged as a subject for serious study as a result of the labours of Ziolkovsky, round about 1900. 1960 Times 21 Mar. 13/6 There is need for an international law of astronautics. 1982 Astron. Q. 4 148 It reviews salient events of the past two hundred years in the field of aerostatics, aeronautics and astronautics. 2001 R. Miller & F. C. Durant Art of Chesley Bonestell i. 9/1 Astronautics is unique among all the sciences in that its roots are buried firmly in a particular literary genre. 2007 F. French & C. Burgess In Shadow of Moon v. 187 The whole field of astronautics has come about since I became a grown man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1928
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