Aeronautics

  • 31Aeronautics and Space Administration — A federal agency provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Act. 42 USC §§ 2472, 2473 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 32Aeronautics and Space Council — A federal agency provided by the Aeronautics and Space Act …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33aeronautics — noun plural but singular in construction Date: circa 1824 1. a science dealing with the operation of aircraft 2. the art or science of flight • aeronautical also aeronautic adjective • aeronautically adverb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34aeronautics — /air euh naw tiks, not iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science or art of flight. [1820 25; < NL aeronautica or F aéronautique; see AERO , NAUTICAL, ICS] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 35aeronautics — noun a) The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects b) The theory and practice of aircraft navigation …

    Wiktionary

  • 36aeronautics — Synonyms and related words: air service, airline, astronautics, aviation, ballooning, blind flying, cloud seeding, commercial aviation, contact flying, cruising, flight, flying, general aviation, gliding, pilotage, sailing, sailplaning, soaring,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37aeronautics — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See aviation. II (Roget s IV) pl.n. Syn. aviation, air transportation, flight, flying, theory of flight, pneumatics, aerodynamics, aeRomechanics, aerostatics, aerial navigation, airmanship, ballooning …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38aeronautics — aer|o|nau|tics [ˌeərəˈno:tıks US ˌerəˈno: ] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Modern Latin; Origin: aeronautica, from French aéronaute flyer , from aéro aero + Greek nautes sailor ] the science of designing and flying planes &GT;aeronautical adj …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39aeronautics — aer|o|nau|tics [ ,erə nɔtıks ] noun uncount the science of making or flying airplanes ╾ aer|o|nau|tic adjective ╾ aer|o|nau|ti|cal adjective …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40aeronautics — study of navigation through air or space Sciences and Studies …

    Phrontistery dictionary