aeronautical

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

/ ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪ kəl, -ˈnɒt ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of aeronautics or aeronauts.

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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

How to use aeronautical in a sentence

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

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aeronautical

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