Look up: aeronautics

1. aeronautics
   [n] - the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
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2. Aeronautics
   The term 'aeronautics' originated in France, and was derived from the Greek words for 'air' and 'to sail'.The study of flight and the science of building and operating an aircraft. See also: Aerodynamics.
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3. Aeronautics
   The study of all branches and activities of flying.
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4. aeronautics
   the science and art of designing, constructing and operating aircraft; more narrowly the science or art of operating aircraft Category: Transport
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5. Aëronautics
   A`ër·o·naut'ics noun The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning.
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6. aeronautics
   astronautics noun the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
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7. Aeronautics
   • (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.
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8. aeronautics
   aeronautics 1. The design, operation, and construction of aircraft. 2. The theory and practice of aircraft navigation. 3. The science or art of flight through the atmosphere.
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9. aeronautics
   aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation.
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10. Aeronautics
    Aeronautics is the art of sailing in or navigating the air. The first form in which the idea of aerial locomotion naturally suggested itself was that of providing men with wings by which they should be enabled to fly. By about 1905, however, it was generally admitted that it is impossible for man by...
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11. aeronautics
    Science of travel through the Earth's atmosphere, including aerodynamics, aircraft structures, jet and rocket propulsion, and aerial navigation. It is distinguished from astronautics, which is the science of travel through space. In subsonic aeronautics (below the speed of sound), aerodynamic forces increase at the rate of the square of the spe...
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12. Aeronautics
    on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. `Aeronautics` (from Greek ὰήρ āēr which means "air" and ναυτική nautikē which means "navigation, seamanship", i.e. "navigation of the air") is the science involved with the study, ...
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