aeronautics

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English

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aeronautics

Etymology

From French aéronautique or New Latin aeronauticus. Equivalent to aero- + -naut + -ics.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛə.ɹəʊˈnɔː.tɪks/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.ɾɪks]
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.ɾɪks]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ætɪks

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 (ʕilm aṭ-ṭayarān)
Asturian: aeronáutica (ast) f
Bulgarian: въздухопла́ване (bg) n (vǎzduhoplávane), аерона́втика f (aeronávtika)
Catalan: aeronàutica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 航空學／航空学 (zh) (hángkōngxué), 航空術／航空术 (zh) (hángkōngshù)
Esperanto: aeronaŭtiko
French: aéronautique (fr) f
Galician: aeronáutica f
German: Luftfahrt (de) f
Greek: αεροναυτική (el) f (aeronaftikí)
Hungarian: aeronautika (hu), repüléstan (hu)
Ido: aeronautiko (io)
Italian: aeronautica (it) f
Japanese: 航空学 (こうくうがく, kōkūgaku)
Malay: aeronautik (ms), kaji terbang
Occitan: aeronautica (oc) f
Persian: هوانوردی (fa) (havânavardi)
Polish: aeronautyka (pl) f (dated), lotnictwo (pl) n
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

Esperanto: aerveturado
Ido: aeronavigado (io)
Irish: aerloingseoireacht f
Polish: aeronautyka (pl) f (dated), lotnictwo (pl) n

See also

avionics

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