the atmosphere and space beyond - (modifier)
of or relating to aircraft, missiles, space vehicles, etc, that fly or operate in aerospace: the aerospace industry
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aer•o•space /ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Aerospacethe earth's atmosphere and the space beyond.
adj. [before a noun]
- Aerospaceof or relating to aerospace, or to the industry concerned with the design and building of spacecraft:the aerospace industry.
aer•o•space
(âr′ō spās′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Aerospacethe atmosphere and the space beyond considered as a whole.
- Aerospacethe industry concerned with the design and manufacture of aircraft, rockets, missiles, spacecraft, etc., that operate in aerospace.
adj.
- Aerospaceof or pertaining to aerospace or the aerospace industry.
- aero- + space 1955–60
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'aerospace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Apollo
- Arkansas
- Bengaluru
- Civil Air Patrol
- Columbia
- Eva
- G, g
- Galileo
- Hubble Space Telescope
- IAMAW
- Lunar Orbiter
- ablation
- ablator
- active
- aero
- aeronautical engineering
- aerospace engineering
- anti-G suit
- apolune
- ariel
- astronautical engineering
- avionics
- blastoff
- capsule
- challenger
- characteristic velocity
- command module
- corridor
- cosmodrome
- cosmos
- dead-stick landing
- decay
- deorbit
- discoverer
- discovery
- drift
- early bird
- echo
- emu
- enterprise
- explorer
- extravehicular
- footprint
- heat barrier
- heat shield
- inertial guidance
- injection
- insertion
- kosmos
- launch vehicle