Spaceship

noun, slang

noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A manned vehicle that flies through space.
  2. 2
    a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) wordnet
  3. 3
    A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.

    "The spaceships look like a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells."

  4. 4
    The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.

    "If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order[…]"

  5. 5
    A computer. slang

Synonyms

All synonyms
spacecraftstarshipapogeeattitude-control rocketballistic capsuleburn

Example

More examples

"The spaceship is out of orbit around the moon."

Etymology

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

Related phrases

elementary spaceshipheavyweight spaceshipoverweight spaceshipflying saucerprogramming language

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