midcourse
[ mid-kawrs, -kohrs ]
/ ˈmɪdˌkɔrs, -ˌkoʊrs /
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noun
the middle of a course.
Rocketry. the portion of a ballistic trajectory between the end of powered flight and the beginning of the reentry phase.
Aerospace. the portion of a space trajectory between leaving the earth's vicinity and arrival at the desired destination, as another planet.
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Example sentences from the Web for midcourse
The CBS executives denied that the anchor swap represents a midcourse correction for the show.
First, the address deals almost entirely with the global struggle with the Soviet Union, then in midcourse.
Who would project a serial novel, after Thackeray and Dickens had each fallen in midcourse?
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