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space age en · ADJ

Etymology

Compound of space + age.

Meanings

1. Redolent of the space age; appearing futuristic or modern.
   • With its retro 1950s image of Space Age design, Maloof hopes his hotel-casino will become the city's latest hot spot 2001 November 11, “Smooth operator”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal:
   • Finally, we may point to a rather narrower but truly space-age application. 2003, Herbert Aron David, Haikady Navada Nagaraja, Order Statistics, 3rd edition, Wiley Interscience, page 3:
   • A nation on the move needed a space age motif to express its enthusiasm. 2001, Frank A. Salamone, Popular culture in the fifties, page 142:
   • The Dodge Dart has long held a place in automotive lore for its sleek, space-age design and 16-year run as Chrysler's ultimate compact car, ending in 1976. 2012 January 9, “Dodge Dart returns at Detroit Auto Show, 36 years after...”, in Christian Science Monitor:

Forms

space age en · NOUN

Etymology

Compound of space + age.

Meanings

1. The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.
   • When the space age ended, the alien age began. In the early 1990s, the Disney Corporation decided to close down its Mission to Mars ride 2006, Gerard J. De Groot, Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest, page 259:
   • There are six other Ballard stories and a fragment that deal with space in the early stories, but most of them confirm Ballard's own opinion that the space age is over in the public imagination. 1985, Peter Brigg, J.G. Ballard, page 25:
   • Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age. 1977 June 9, George McGovern, “The Information Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • But for now, it's hard not to feel like the space age is over. It never really looked anything like the Jetsons promised. 2011 July 21, “Good-bye to the Space Age?”, in New York Magazine:

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Jet Age

Translations (16)

es era espacial (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · pt era espacial (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · ru косми́ческая э́ра (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · et kosmoseajastu (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · sv rymdålder (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · cmn 太空時代 /太空时代 (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · nl ruimtevaarttijdperk (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · de Weltraumzeitalter (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · pl era kosmiczna (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · fr ère spatiale (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · fi avaruusaikakausi (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · ru косми́ческий век (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · hu űrkorszak (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · ar عَصْر اَلْفَضَاء (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · fi avaruusaika (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) · ja 宇宙時代 (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik)