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单词 Canadarm
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Definition of Canadarm in US English:

Canadarm

nounˈkanəˌdärmˈkanəˌdärm
  • The popular name for a robotic manipulation system designed for use in zero gravity. It has accompanied numerous space missions as a component on space shuttles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In total, there were five Canadarms built between April of 1981 and August of 1993.
    • After SPAR Aerospace sold NASA all the Canadarms that were needed, they looked around for another market.
    • For example, the Canadarm was twice used to recapture and then redeploy the Hubble Space Telescope.
    • This is a general contract for work on Canadarm and each work element has to be separately authorized.
    • On the end of one of the robotic Canadarms, Noguchi holds a washing machine-sized Gyroscope as it's transferred to the station to replace one that failed three years ago.
    • During the four servicing missions Canadarm supported 18 spacewalks for a total of over 129 hours of extra vehicular activity.
    • The Canadarm was declared ‘operational’ in November 1982 and has gone on to perform many missions.
    • MacLean, who is making his second space voyage, said two Canadarms - one on the shuttle and the other aboard the space station - will play big roles.
    • In return, NASA contracted to buy at least three more Canadarms from the prime contractor, Spar Aerospace of Toronto.
    • The ISS and Shuttle crews also performed a final rehearsal of the Airlock installation, moving both Canadarms in their planned trajectories.
    • It is anticipated that MD Robotics, the company that designed the two generations of Canadarms, will develop the final robot.
    • In this case, our old and new Canadarms have been construction cranes building an enormous space station.
    • The Canadarm 2 is a very important contribution from Canada, to the international Space station.
    • Four more Canadarms were built and delivered to NASA for three shuttles - Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavor - and are still being used today.
    • As part of the mission, MacLean took his first spacewalk and operated both Canadarms - one aboard the shuttle, the other aboard the space station.
    • Five Canadarms have been built and installed in the NASA Shuttles.
    • The largest space structures we've built in Canada are Canadarms 1 and 2, and those are, from a mechanical point of view, just long rigid tubes.
    • Operating the Canadarm may mean moving it very accurately and slowly over a distance of millimetres or it may mean moving it precisely over several metres at a very high speed.
    • On his display is an aluminum model of Canadarm with crossed Canadian-American flags.
    • ‘The kinds of things we've seen Canadarm do are just the beginning,’ Ambrose said.

Origin

1970s: blend of Canada (where it was manufactured) and arm.

 
 

Definition of Canadarm in US English:

Canadarm

nounˈkanəˌdärm
  • The popular name for a robotic manipulation system designed for use in zero gravity. It has accompanied numerous space missions as a component on space shuttles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a general contract for work on Canadarm and each work element has to be separately authorized.
    • For example, the Canadarm was twice used to recapture and then redeploy the Hubble Space Telescope.
    • During the four servicing missions Canadarm supported 18 spacewalks for a total of over 129 hours of extra vehicular activity.
    • The Canadarm 2 is a very important contribution from Canada, to the international Space station.
    • In this case, our old and new Canadarms have been construction cranes building an enormous space station.
    • Operating the Canadarm may mean moving it very accurately and slowly over a distance of millimetres or it may mean moving it precisely over several metres at a very high speed.
    • In return, NASA contracted to buy at least three more Canadarms from the prime contractor, Spar Aerospace of Toronto.
    • After SPAR Aerospace sold NASA all the Canadarms that were needed, they looked around for another market.
    • The largest space structures we've built in Canada are Canadarms 1 and 2, and those are, from a mechanical point of view, just long rigid tubes.
    • The Canadarm was declared ‘operational’ in November 1982 and has gone on to perform many missions.
    • Five Canadarms have been built and installed in the NASA Shuttles.
    • MacLean, who is making his second space voyage, said two Canadarms - one on the shuttle and the other aboard the space station - will play big roles.
    • ‘The kinds of things we've seen Canadarm do are just the beginning,’ Ambrose said.
    • On his display is an aluminum model of Canadarm with crossed Canadian-American flags.
    • It is anticipated that MD Robotics, the company that designed the two generations of Canadarms, will develop the final robot.
    • Four more Canadarms were built and delivered to NASA for three shuttles - Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavor - and are still being used today.
    • As part of the mission, MacLean took his first spacewalk and operated both Canadarms - one aboard the shuttle, the other aboard the space station.
    • In total, there were five Canadarms built between April of 1981 and August of 1993.
    • The ISS and Shuttle crews also performed a final rehearsal of the Airlock installation, moving both Canadarms in their planned trajectories.
    • On the end of one of the robotic Canadarms, Noguchi holds a washing machine-sized Gyroscope as it's transferred to the station to replace one that failed three years ago.

Origin

1970s: blend of Canada (where it was manufactured) and arm.

 
 
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