ASTRONAUTICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does astronautics mean? 

• ASTRONAUTICS (noun)
  The noun ASTRONAUTICS has 1 sense:

1. the theory and practice of navigation through air or space

  Familiarity information: ASTRONAUTICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTRONAUTICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The theory and practice of navigation through air or space

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

aeronautics; astronautics

Hypernyms ("astronautics" is a kind of...):

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Domain member category:

load factor ((aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g))

dynamic balance ((aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced)

astrogate (navigate in space)

astrogate (guide in interplanetary travel)

rigid (designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure)

semirigid (having a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressure)

nonrigid (designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "astronautics"):

avionics (science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics)