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Rocket scientist
//ˌɹɒkɪt ˈsaɪəntɪst// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An aerospace engineer. informal
"Rocket scientists have calculated that a velocity of seven miles per second, or approximately 25,000 miles per hour, would be necessary for a rocket to escape the earth's gravity."
- 2 an engineer who builds and tests rockets wordnet
- 3 One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person. excessive, idiomatic, informal
"You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work."
- 4 a clever thinker wordnet
Etymology
From rocket + scientist.
See also for "rocket scientist"
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