splashdown en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Deverbal from splash down.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
To get back to Earth, the space capsule had to withstand predicted temperatures of about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit and slow down from nearly 25,000 miles per hour — or more than 30 times the speed of sound — to a gentle 19 mph or so before splashdown.
2026 April 10, Amina Khan, “WATCH LIVE: Artemis II astronauts have splashed down on Earth”, in National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio:He [John Wolfram] was the fastest swimmer in the group and knew he would be the first at splashdown.
2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 235:
Forms
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| splashdowns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
pt amaragem (landing in water) · pl wodowanie (landing in water) · ru приводне́ние (landing in water) · ca amaratge (landing in water) · pt amerissagem (landing in water) · pt aquaplanagem (landing in water) · hi जलावतरण (landing in water) · tr suya iniş (landing in water) · it ammaraggio (landing in water) · fi laskeutuminen veteen (landing in water) · de Wasserung (landing in water) · es amarizaje (landing in water)