Those who yearn for skyhooks call those who eagerly settle for cranes "reductionists", and they can often make reductionism seem philistine and heartless.
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Skyhook
//ˈskaɪˌhʊk//
Synonyms for "skyhook" (8 found)
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Finnish
2 entries- avaruuskoukku noun (imaginary hook suspended in the air)
- raskas kuljetushelikopteri noun (helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects)
German
2 entries- Skyhook noun (imaginary hook suspended in the air)
- Skyhook noun (helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects)
Polish
1 entries- hak powietrzny noun (imaginary hook suspended in the air)
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It wasn't a miraculous skyhook—no god was needed.
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To each bolt attach a short length of chain and then run the individual chains to another large one that is run up to the skyhook, which is nothing more than a ratchet cable winch held by an overhead rafter.
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Jeta stood with her knobbly fists on her hips watching the two of them Goo the cylinders to the skyhooks. Those were the invaluable little workhorses of the construction forces everywhere. A simple but powerful grav unit with a winch and a hook.
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