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View synonyms for rocketry

rocketry

[ rok-i-tree ]

noun

  1. the science of rocket design, development, and flight.


rocketry

/ ˈrɒkɪtrɪ /

noun

  1. the science and technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rocketry1

First recorded in 1925–30; rocket 1 + -ry
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Example Sentences

I could walk down the hall and find an expert in guidance, an expert in communications theory, an expert in rocketry.

One of the fathers of rocketry, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, said, “Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.”

The problem for Hamas is that its digital campaign is as ineffective as its rocketry.

This is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, a feat of rocketry that the Russians have never matched.

After school, she heads to an enrichment program: architecture on Mondays, rocketry on Tuesdays, and sculpture on Wednesdays.

Grant's thought was that she felt she had to dramatize understanding something about Air Force rocketry.

Our latest satellite illustrates our steady advance in rocketry and foreshadows new developments in world-wide communications.

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