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View synonyms for aeronautics

aeronautics

[ air-uh-naw-tiks, -not-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the science or art of flight.


aeronautics

/ ˌɛərəˈnɔːtɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the study or practice of all aspects of flight through the air


aeronautics

/ âr′ə-nôtĭks /

  1. The design, construction and operation of aircraft.
  2. The scientific study of flight through the atmosphere.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aeronautics1

1820–25; < New Latin aeronautica or French aéronautique; aero-, nautical, -ics

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Example Sentences

They offered free flight instruction and other courses in aeronautics to all comers.

We also happen to have a wonderful commentator, Clive Irving, who is obsessed with aeronautics.

Aeronautics is divided into two fundamentally different branches—aviatics and aerostatics.

Having thus briefly traced the history of aeronautics, we shall now inquire into the practical value of the art.

As the four of us sat at tea together under the cedar on the terrace she asked questions about my aeronautics.

I resolved I had been playing with aeronautics long enough; that next morning I would go to him and have things clear between us.

Perhaps he had some inkling of the remarkable future in store for the science of aeronautics, then in its infancy!

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