rocket science
something requiring great intelligence, especially mathematical ability.
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How to use rocket science in a sentence
If your WiFi is on the fritz, a manual interface that doesn’t take rocket science to use will keep your house comfortable.
Weather the seasons with the best smart thermostat | Stacey L. Nash | August 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt’s not like total rocket science, and it’s becoming easier and easier.
Media Briefing: How media companies’ DE&I efforts, office return statuses are affecting hiring | Tim Peterson | June 17, 2021 | DigidayAs part of the training for these programs, recruits had to take classes on literal rocket science and spacecraft engineering.
This is how (almost) anyone can train to be an astronaut | Neel Patel | March 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewYet, Florida has failed to figure out how to run an election properly — a task simpler than rocket science.
Federal judge denies request to extend Florida voter registration | Lori Rozsa | October 9, 2020 | Washington PostWhile others might have had their nose in The Hardy Boys, LeCun was picking up books on evolution, astronomy, and rocket science.
Soon All Your Best Facebook Friends Will Be Robots | William O’Connor | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But although executing on nuclear strategy is rocket science, formulating it is not.
How and Why the "Nuclear Umbrella" Argument Falls Apart | Bernard Avishai | August 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's not like this is rocket science, but it is good marketing.
You can flavor meats in so many different ways and, from a technique point of view, it is absolutely not rocket science.
British Dictionary definitions for rocket science
informal an activity requiring considerable intelligence and ability (esp in the phrase not exactly rocket science)
Derived forms of rocket science
- rocket scientist, noun
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