aeronautical

[ air-uh-naw-ti-kuhl, -not-i-kuhl ]

/ ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪ kəl, -ˈnɒt ɪ kəl /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for aeronautical on Thesaurus.com

adjective

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also aer·o·nau·tic

[air-uh-naw-tik, -not-ik] /ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪk, -ˈnɒt ɪk/ .

Origin of aeronautical

aeronaut + -ical

OTHER WORDS FROM aeronautical

aer·o·nau·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby aeronautical

aerometeorograph, aerometer, aerometry, aeron., aeronaut, aeronautical, aeronautical engineering, aeronautics, aeroneurosis, aeronomy, aero-optics

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use aeronautical in a sentence

Tom Morey was one of Southern California’s finest surfers of the 1950s and early ’60s and, at the same time, a working jazz musician and an aeronautical engineer.
Tom Morey, inventor of wave-riding Boogie Board, dies at 86|Matt Schudel|October 17, 2021|Washington Post
Who has access to the tarmac side of our airports and other aeronautical facilities?
Who’s Minding the Planes? Airlines’ Overlooked Security Risk|William J. McGee|July 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
What you've been doing in the aeronautical line, Matt, has aroused a good deal of interest all over the country.
Motor Matt's Daring Rescue|Stanley R. Matthews
In 1872 some experiments were made for the Aeronautical Society on the pressure of air on oblique planes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various

That time in Paris when he tried to persuade you to give up the aeronautical plans was when I first began to mistrust him.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner|Wilbur Lawton
Bell was an old man by this time, busy with his aeronautical experiments in Nova Scotia.
Development of the Phonograph at Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory|Leslie J. Newville
In that year they took up the problem thoroughly, studying all the aeronautical information then in print.
A History of Aeronautics|E. Charles Vivian

British Dictionary definitions for aeronautical

aeronautical

/ (ˌɛərəˈnɔːtɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to aeronauts or aeronautics

Derived forms of aeronautical

aeronautically, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

aeronautical

Origin of aeronautical

OTHER WORDS FROM aeronautical

Words nearby aeronautical

Words related to aeronautical

How to use aeronautical in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for aeronautical

Derived forms of aeronautical