AERONAUTICS
Dictionary entry overview: What does aeronautics mean?
• AERONAUTICS (noun)
The noun AERONAUTICS has 1 sense:
1. the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
Familiarity information: AERONAUTICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AERONAUTICS (noun)
Meaning:
The theory and practice of navigation through air or space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
aeronautics; astronautics
Hypernyms ("aeronautics" is a kind of...):
natural philosophy; physical science; 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 "aeronautics"):
avionics (science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics)
