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docking
dock 1 D0313800 (dŏk)n.1. a. A platform extending from a shore over water, used to secure, protect, and provide access to a boat or ship; a pier.b. docks An area along a commercial waterfront having docks or piers.c. The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a vessel for loading, unloading, or repairs: The boat moved slowly into the dock.2. A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming.3. A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.4. Computers See docking station.v. docked, dock·ing, docks v.tr.1. To maneuver (a vessel or vehicle) into or next to a dock.2. To couple (two or more spacecraft, for example) in space.v.intr. To move or come into or next to a dock.
[Early Modern English dok, area of mud in which a ship can rest at low tide, dock; akin to Middle Dutch docke, area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, of unknown origin.]
dock 2 D0313800 (dŏk)n.1. The solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail.2. The tail of an animal after it has been bobbed or clipped.tr.v. docked, dock·ing, docks 1. To clip short or cut off (an animal's tail, for example).2. To deprive of a benefit or a part of one's wages, especially as a punishment: The company docks its employees for unauthorized absences.3. To withhold or deduct a part from (one's salary or wages).
[Middle English dok.]
dock 3 D0313800 (dŏk)n. A demarcated or enclosed space where the defendant stands or sits in a court of law.Idiom: in the dock On trial or under intense scrutiny.
[Obsolete Flemish docke, cage.]
dock 4 D0313800 (dŏk)n. See sorrel1.
[Middle English, from Old English docce.]docking (ˈdɒkɪŋ) n1. (Nautical Terms) the act of mooring (a vessel) at a dock or (of a vessel) being moored at a dock2. (Biochemistry) (in molecular biology) a method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex3. (Astronautics) (of two spacecraft) the act of linking together in space
docking (ˈdɒkɪŋ) n (Veterinary Science) the removal of the tail or part of the tail of an animal by cutting through the boneThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  docking - the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropestying up, dockage, mooragearrival - the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival" |
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docking The locking together of two spacecraft in space following their rendezvous.Docking in space exploration, the rendezvous and coupling of spacecraft or sections of spacecraft. Docking is a necessary operation in establishing space stations and in performing other missions with vehicles that function in orbit for prolonged periods, as well as in rescuing spacecraft crews. It may be executed manually (by the astronauts) or automatically. The first manual docking was achieved on Mar. 16, 1966, when the crew of the American spacecraft Gemini 8 docked with an Agena rocket. The first automatic docking took place on Oct. 30, 1967, between the Soviet artificial earth satellites Cosmos 186 and Cosmos 188. The docking gear provides for the initial contact of the spacecraft, absorption of the collision energy, alignment of the spacecraft, locked coupling until a pressurized seal is obtained, and un-docking. Docking gear may be of the probe-and-cone type, in which the active docking device (the probe) is mounted on one spacecraft and the passive device (the cone) is mounted on the other, or it may have a two-way configuration that enables either spacecraft to perform active or passive docking. Probe-and-cone gear was used for docking of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5, the Soyuz 11 spacecraft and the Salyut space station, and American spacecraft in the Apollo program. Two-way docking gear was first tested in the Soyuz-Apollo program. docking[däk·iŋ] (aerospace engineering) The mechanical coupling of two or more human-made orbiting objects. docking
dockingThe linking or binding of a ligand with a receptor. See DCKG
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Related to docking: Dry docking, tail dockingSynonyms for dockingnoun the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropesSynonymsRelated Words |