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mid course

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mid⋅course

[mid-kawrs, -kohrs]
–noun
1. the middle of a course.
2. Rocketry. the portion of a ballistic trajectory between the end of powered flight and the beginning of the reentry phase.
3. Aerospace. the portion of a space trajectory between leaving the earth's vicinity and arrival at the desired destination, as another planet.

Origin:
1555–65; mid- + course
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