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unˈdock, v.
[un-2 5.]
trans. To take (a ship) out of a dock; sometimes spec., to launch.
1750Naval Expos. 15 On docking and undocking Ships. 1804Trans. Soc. Arts XXII. 277 Enabling large ships to be docked, suspended, and undocked, the same spring tides. 1897Westm. Gaz. 30 Sept. 5/2 Before the Lynx could be docked it was necessary to undock..another destroyer.
transf. To separate a lunar module from its command ship; also absol.
1966Time 23 Sept. 67 On the third day of the flight, Conrad undocked Gemini and used his thrusters to back slowly away from the Agena. 1969Observer 2 Mar. 2/8 The astronauts..will crawl from the command ship through a tunnel into the LEM. They will then undock and separate the LEM from the command ship. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiii. 324 You can undock at your convenience.
Hence unˈdocking vbl. n.
1966Life 14 Jan. 88 We discussed undocking, but we had to be sure that the tumbling rate at the instant of separation would be low enough to keep us from colliding. 1969Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 1/2 The ‘undocking’ of the two [modules] was the first step in the dress rehearsal that will have to work equally faultlessly if two Americans are to step on to the moon later this year. |