MEANING
The study and practice of designing, operating, and flying aircraft.
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Words that belong together
- advances in aeronautics
- aeronautics research
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Her training in aeronautics proved useful during atmospheric entry.
Word forms
- Base
- aeronautics
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable, with singular agreement; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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