Planetship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A spacecraft for relatively short journeys in the vicinity of a planet.

    "If an interstellar flight belongs in the category of very slow flight, the corresponding starship is converted into a planetship for rapid flights within the solar system."

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"If an interstellar flight belongs in the category of very slow flight, the corresponding starship is converted into a planetship for rapid flights within the solar system."

Etymology

From planet + ship.

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