rocket
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈrɑːkɪt/
- Specialized
- The scientists celebrated after successfully launching their new rocket into space.
- rocket engines
- launch rockets
- rocket booster
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Watch on YouTubeI think friends, even more than Cheers was a rocket ship to fame.
- I think friends, even more than Cheers was a rocket ship to fame.
- It's like build rockets that fight off gravity.
- We've seen, you know, we've seen rockets deflected.
- So most rockets, I think all rockets have multiple stages today.
- And I figured jet engines, rockets, they're not that far apart.
- Yeah, well, I guess rockets to the moon, I think.
- I mean, the first three flights of, of the Falcon one rocket, they crashed.
- OK, well, when Elon Musk's rocket goes up, is it computing?
- So let's imagine chemical rockets of the type that we used.
- That's why these rockets blast up with a force pushing down.
- And so he made SpaceX not about doing rockets in government contracting, which?
- But that told the algorithm this is a rocket ship to Mars.
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Morton Thiokol is still making rocket boosters for NASA.
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Elon Musk wants to use his rockets just to fly around Earth.
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How do I put a rocket ship on Mars?
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So most rockets, I think all rockets have multiple stages today.
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We've counted about a dozen Grad rocket impacts so far.
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The engineer explained how the rocket operates and what makes it capable of deep space travel.
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After years of development, the company unveiled its latest rocket designed for interplanetary missions.
Synonyms
155
4.3
A vehicle that carries people between planets or stars, often in stories
135
4.2
A vehicle that travels in outer space
120
4.6
A vehicle that travels on water, in air, or in space
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3.5
A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite
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4.0
A large machine that carries people or things from Earth into space
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5.3
A large engine that gives a spacecraft its first push and falls off when empty
1
5.0
A rocket launched to check how well it works
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7.5
A small rocket that carries scientific instruments high into the atmosphere to collect data
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5.3
An engine that burns solid fuel to push a vehicle into the sky
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5.2
A rocket launched to do science experiments in space
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6.6
A space vehicle with two or more parts that fire and drop as fuel runs out
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7.8
A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space
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5.7
A rocket that uses solid fuel to make hot gas and push it forward
Compounds
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3.6
A machine that makes a push by throwing out its own fuel very fast for spaceships or missiles
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3
5.3
A large engine that gives a spacecraft its first push and falls off when empty
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1
6.9
An engine that uses heat from splitting atoms to push a spaceship into space
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1
5.4
A way to move a vehicle by pushing out gas very fast so it works in space
- UK
1
8.9
A tall garden plant with strong sweet-smelling purple or white flowers that smell at night
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1
7.5
A small rocket that carries scientific instruments high into the atmosphere to collect data
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1
6.6
A space vehicle with two or more parts that fire and drop as fuel runs out
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1
6.7
A powerful first part of a space vehicle that lifts it off the ground
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1
7.8
A rocket with two or more parts that fire one after another and drop away when empty to reach space
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1
5.7
A rocket that uses solid fuel to make hot gas and push it forward
- Specialized
A tall garden plant with long spikes of blue, purple, or pink flowers
A low plant with thick grey-green leaves and pink or purple flowers that grows by the sea
A plant that lives for several years with small yellow flowers and hairy leaves that grows in mountain areas
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Etymology
Rocket for the flying vehicle comes from the same Italian word rocchetta, as both the early fireworks and the space machines are things that shoot up into the sky. That's why we call a space vehicle a rocket.