extravehicular activity en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) Any activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft etc.
“His venture into the vacuum of space began the history of extra-vehicular activity that makes today’s Space Station maintenance possible,” NASA said on Twitter.
2019 October 11, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Marcia Dunn, “Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow”, in AP News, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVA | Abbr=Yes | lexicographic | |
| extravehicular activities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
EVA suit · LEVA · EVA · extravehicular activity suit
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Translations (10)
fr AEV (work outside of spacecraft) · fr EVA (work outside of spacecraft) · ja 船外活動 (work outside of spacecraft) · fi aluksen ulkopuolinen toiminta (work outside of spacecraft) · fr activité extravéhiculaire (work outside of spacecraft) · ru вы́ход в откры́тый ко́смос (work outside of spacecraft) · de Außenbordeinsatz (work outside of spacecraft) · fr sortie extravéhiculaire (work outside of spacecraft) · cmn 艙外活動 /舱外活动 (work outside of spacecraft) · pt atividade extraveicular (work outside of spacecraft)