Sputniks
[ (spoot-niks, sput-niks) ]
A series of Soviet satellites launched in 1957 and in following years. These were the first artificial satellites.
Notes for Sputniks
The appearance of Sputnik stimulated a great deal of effort in the education of scientists and engineers in the United States. This period is now referred to as the post-Sputnik boom.
Words Nearby Sputniks
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How to use Sputniks in a sentence
I can almost remember the atomic bomb, and I sure as hell remember the Sputniks.
This Crowded Earth | Robert BlochThis was the very thing that had led to such shocks as the launching of the early Sputniks.
Combat | Dallas McCord Reynolds
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