aeronautics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛə.ɹəʊˈnɔː.tɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.tɪks/ (General-American)
- [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.ɾɪks] (cot-caught-merger)
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- /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.tɪks/ (cot-caught-merger)
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- [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.ɾɪks] (General-American)
Etymology
From French aéronautique or New Latin aeronauticus. Equivalent to aero- + -naut + -ics.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects; the study of and control of how aviation works.
Near-synonyms: aerodynamics, aviation
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(uncountable) The theory and practice of aircraft navigation.
Near-synonym: aeronavigation
"Around the World in Eighty Days" once had so much appeal to the imagination that Jules Verne wrote a novel about it. The latest proposal is to girdle the globe in three months in a flying machine. The practicability of such a flight is here discussed by an expert. Mr. Woodhouse is a member of the Aero Club of America and managing editor of "Flying". ¶ When the Aero Club of America received the news that the Panama-Pacific International Exposition had decided to offer $300,000 in prize money for a ninety-day aircraft race around the world, no one connected with aeronautics laughed at the conception or called it the dream of a Verne or a Wells. A map of the course indicates that to circumaviate the globe will mean flights over mountains and deserts, through storms, and across seas. But formidable obstacles in all of these classifications have been surmounted before by airmen, and, of course, can be surmounted again.
1914 February 28, Henry Woodhouse, “Girdling the Globe by Motor-Driven Aircraft”, in Collier's, volume 52, number 24, page 13:
Relateds
aeronautical · aerospace · aeronautic · astronautics · ballistics · avionics · aeronaut
Synonyms
aviation · aeronavigation · aerodynamics
Translations (44)
hi वैमानिक अभियांत्रिकी (mechanics and science of aircraft) · pl lotnictwo (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · hu repüléstan (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sh ваздухопловство (mechanics and science of aircraft) · it aeronautica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sv aeronautik (mechanics and science of aircraft) · hi वैमानिकी (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ro aeronautică (mechanics and science of aircraft) · pl aeronautyka (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · fi aeronautiikka (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · io aeronautiko (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ru воздухопла́вание (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ga aerloingseoireacht (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · cmn 航空術 /航空术 (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sh зракопловство n аеронаутика (mechanics and science of aircraft) · eo aerveturado (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · eo aeronaŭtiko (mechanics and science of aircraft) · pl lotnictwo (mechanics and science of aircraft) · bg въздухопла́ване (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sh aeronautika (mechanics and science of aircraft) · hu aeronautika (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sh zrakoplovstvo (mechanics and science of aircraft) · io aeronavigado (theory and practice of aircraft navigation) · ru аэрона́втика (mechanics and science of aircraft) · gl aeronáutica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · cmn 航空學 /航空学 (mechanics and science of aircraft) · fr aéronautique (mechanics and science of aircraft) · pt aeronáutica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · es aeronáutica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · pl aeronautyka (mechanics and science of aircraft) · sh vazduhoplovstvo (mechanics and science of aircraft) · fi aeronautiikka (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ru лётное де́ло (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ja 航空学 (mechanics and science of aircraft) · fa هوانوردی (mechanics and science of aircraft) · el αεροναυτική (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ca aeronàutica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · bg аерона́втика (mechanics and science of aircraft) · de Luftfahrt (mechanics and science of aircraft) · oc aeronautica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ast aeronáutica (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ar عِلْم اَلطَّيَرَان (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ms kaji terbang (mechanics and science of aircraft) · ms aeronautik (mechanics and science of aircraft)