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Webster 1913 Edition

Aeronautics

Aˊër-o-naut′ics

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Noun.

The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aeronautics

AERONAUT'ICS

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Noun.

The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon.

Definition 2024

aeronautics

aeronautics

See also: aeronàutics

English

Noun

aeronautics ‎(uncountable)

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation

Hypernyms

aerospace

Related terms

Translations

mechanics and science of aircraft

Arabic: عِلْم اَلطَّيَرَان m ‎(ʿilm aṭ-ṭayarān)
Asturian: aeronáutica f
Bulgarian: въздухоплаване (bg) n ‎(vǎzduhoplávane), аеронавтика f ‎(aeronávtika)
Catalan: aeronàutica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 航空學 (zh), 航空学 (zh) ‎(hángkōngxué), 航空術 (zh), 航空术 (zh) ‎(hángkōngshù)
Esperanto: aeronaŭtiko
French: aéronautique (fr) f
Galician: aeronáutica f
German: Luftfahrt (de) f
Italian: aeronautica (it) f

Japanese: 航空学 ‎(こうくうがく, kōkūgaku)
Malay: aeronautik (ms), kaji terbang
Occitan: aeronautica (oc) f
Portuguese: aeronáutica (pt) f
Romanian: aeronautică (ro) f
Russian: воздухопла́вание (ru) n ‎(vozduxoplávanije), аэрона́втика (ru) f ‎(aeronávtika), лётное де́ло n ‎(ljótnoje délo)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ваздухопловство n, зракопловство n аеронаутика f

Roman: vazduhoplovstvo n, zrakoplovstvo (sh) n, aeronautika (sh) f
Spanish: aeronáutica (es) f
Swedish: aeronautik (sv)

theory and practice of aircraft navigation

Irish: aerloingseoireacht f

See also

avionics