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astronautics definition

as·tro·nau·tics (as′trə nôt′iks, -nät′-)

noun

the science that deals with spacecraft and with travel in outer space, esp. to the moon and to other planets

Etymology: < Fr astronautique (coined 1927): see astro- & aeronautics

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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