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单词 aeronautics
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aeronauticsn.

Brit. /ˌɛːrə(ʊ)ˈnɔːtɪks/, U.S. /ˌɛroʊˈnɔdɪks/, /ˌɛrəˈnɔdɪks/, /ˌɛroʊˈnɑdɪks/, /ˌɛrəˈnɑdɪks/
Forms: 1800s– aeronautics, 1800s– aëronautics.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: aeronautic adj.
Etymology: < aeronautic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. Compare French aéronautique (1824). Compare earlier aeronautica n. Compare also earlier aerostation n.
With singular and plural agreement. The science, art, or practice of controlled flight through the air; (in later use also) the science or practice of designing and building aircraft.In early use the term was confined to ballooning.
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1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. I. 65/2 We prefer, as more correct and appropriate [than ‘aerostation’], the word Aeronautics, now generally adopted to express aërial navigation.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 144 Balloons of a power and magnitude hitherto unknown in the history of aeronautics.
1870 Echo 19 Oct. Aeronautics must make many a long stride before they do much practical work, either in commerce or war.
1906 Sci. Amer. 22 Sept. 211/1 The term gliding machine (meaning soaring machine) should..be dropped from the nomenclature of aeronautics, as it is liable to be confused with the hydroplane or gliding boat.
1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle viii. 244 He would treat religion as though it were as important as cricket or aeronautics.
1958 D. Eisenhower in N.Y. Times 30 July 10/7 The present National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics..will provide the nucleus of the N.A.S.A.
2005 V. Seth Two Lives (2006) iii. xxxiii. 341 To take science first, both theoretical and applied: one salient example would be the allied fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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