Rocketry
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The making and launching of rockets, its science and practice. uncountable, usually
"Sustained research in rocketry had at last succeeded in attaining one of its objectives. It had sent up a missile which stayed up. It was, in fact, possible to fire a rocket far enough up for it to fall into an orbit."
- 2 the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation wordnet
Example
More examples"Sustained research in rocketry had at last succeeded in attaining one of its objectives. It had sent up a missile which stayed up. It was, in fact, possible to fire a rocket far enough up for it to fall into an orbit."
Etymology
From rocket + -ry.
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