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spaceforce en · NOUN

Etymology

From space + force. Coined in analogy to airforce.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:space flight) A military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.
    • Now, the Federation needed some sort of body to enforce its regulations, but the alphas were unable to agree on how to organize this, so Earth, who had the largest and most advanced spaceforce, offered to establish the Federal Fleet 2015, Rachel Searles, The Stolen Moon, →ISBN:
    • The MSP may eventually become part of a new spaceforce that coordinates the broad range of defensive and offensive space assets. In addition, a new emphasis is being placed upon NASA and the U.S. Air Force to coordinate activity on such a space plane/RLV development. 2003, A Charania, “Operational Capabilities and Legal Implications of a Military Space Plane”, in Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, volume 45, University of California, School of Law, Part 2002:
    • "Wouldn't fit through the window," Lex apologized. "Anyway, a starship's a big responsibility — you're planning to join the spaceforce, aren't you?" 1978, Jonathan Fast, Mortal Gods, →ISBN:

Forms

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spaceforces Number=Plur lexicographic
space-force alternative lexicographic
space force alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

aerospace navy · air force · aerospace force · air navy · air army · aerospace army

Hypernyms

military · armed forces · aerospace force

Hyponyms

USSF · Spaceforce · SpaceForce · Space-Force · Space Force

Relateds

space corps (military spaceforce) · space command (military spaceforce) · space wing (military spaceforce) · space unit (military spaceforce) · space flight (military spaceforce) · space company (military spaceforce) · space brigade (military spaceforce) · space regiment (military spaceforce) · space army (military spaceforce) · space flotilla (military spaceforce) · space navy (military spaceforce) · space division (military spaceforce) · space battalion (military spaceforce) · space team (military spaceforce) · space platoon (military spaceforce) · space task force (military spaceforce) · space branch (military spaceforce) · space squad (military spaceforce) · space armed forces (military spaceforce) · space fleet (military spaceforce) · space squadron (military spaceforce)

Synonyms

spatial force

Translations (3)

cmn 太空軍 /太空军 (military spaceforce) · fr armée de l'espace (military spaceforce) · ka კოსმოსური ძალები (military spaceforce)