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splash⋅down

[splash-doun]
–noun
1. the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, esp. the ocean.
2. the exact place where such a landing is made.
3. the time of such a landing.

Origin:
1959; n. use of v. phrase splash down
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splash·down   (splāsh'doun')   
n.  The landing of a spacecraft or missile in water.
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