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rocket launching

rocket launching

1 3.7
Sending a rocket into the sky using its own engines
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : lanzamiento de cohetes
  • Then you're going to have the smaller rocket launch the crew exploration vehicle.
  • multiple rocket launching
  • rocket launching site
  • rocket launching system

He takes photos of like SpaceX and like rocket launches.

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Examples

  • Narrator 1: Two days later, Homer and the gang are gathered at Cape Coalwood for a final rocket launching.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The rocket launching took place early in the morning, thrilling spectators with its bright flames.

  • I think you can watch live rocket launch stream.

  • The alarm goes off and I immediately remember the rocket launch and I remember that declaration that I had made the night before.

  • Early studies showed that the use of return rocket launching directly from the surface was impractical.

    Academic text (2004)

  • It was the first private liquid fuel rocket launch to reach Earth's orbit.

  • NASA's rocket launching was successful, sending the satellite into orbit around the Earth.

  • At the space center, the rocket launching was celebrated as a major milestone in exploration.

Synonyms

launch
vsrocket launching
589 4.0

A moment when people make something move, for example a boat or rocket

is specifically about sending missiles or spacecraft into the air under power
liftoff
vsrocket launching
  • Specialized
29 4.8

The moment a rocket leaves the launch pad and starts to rise

is the full act or process of sending such vehicles into the air
blastoff
vsrocket launching
3 6.1

The moment a rocket or spacecraft lifts off the ground

is the broader operation of sending them upward under their own power
rocket firing
vsrocket launching
  • Specialized
2 4.5

An event when a rocket moves into the sky using its engines

is the longer process of sending them into the air under their own power

Surface Forms

rocket launching singular
rocket launchings plural

Morphology

rocket + launch

The meaning is directly compositional: 'rocket' names the vehicle and 'launching' (the gerund of 'launch') denotes the act of sending into the air, so the phrase literally denotes the act of launching a rocket. This follows a common noun+action/nominalization pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Rocket launching comes from the clear picture of lighting a rocket and watching it shoot up as it begins launching. So, the phrase means 'the act of sending a rocket into the air'.