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SPLASHDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does splashdown mean?
• SPLASHDOWN (noun)
The noun SPLASHDOWN has 1 sense:
1. a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight
Familiarity information: SPLASHDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("splashdown" is a kind of...):
landing (the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface))
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