cosmodrome
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- noun
- /ˈkɒzməˌdroʊm/
- Specialized
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cosmodromo
- Spent ballistic missile and orbital rocket stages crashing downrange from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russia's main space launch facility, had poisoned and killed thousands more.
- cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
Examples
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Western commercial money rebuilt the Russians' decrepit launch center at the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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See you at the cosmodrome.
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I was a telephone operator at a centre for controller flight in a cosmodrome by Kannur in Middle Asia.
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Video of Dennis Tito's launch into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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The crew is scheduled to lift off Tuesday from the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Poised atop a towering Proton rocket, the spacecraft is set to blast off late Tuesday from the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Synonyms
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A place like an airport where rockets and spacecraft take off, land, and get fixed
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A place with machines to send rockets or satellites into space
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A place where rockets or spaceships start their flight
A place where people test or launch rockets under safety rules
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
cosmodrome = cosmo + drome
This is a classical coinage built from combining forms meaning roughly 'space/universe' and 'course/running', but the specialized meaning 'space launch facility' is not directly predictable for most learners.
Etymology
Cosmodrome comes from the Greek cosmos 'universe' and dromos 'road' or 'place for running', so it is like a 'road to space' and means a place where rockets and spacecraft are launched.