Definition of aerospace
1 : space comprising the earth's atmosphere and the space beyond
2 : a physical science that deals with aerospace
3 : the aerospace industry
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Lockheed had climbed 15 percent this year through Monday, while a Standard & Poor’s index of aerospace and defense companies advanced 19 percent.
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Chung confessed that at least $35,000 of his donations to the Clinton campaign and the DNC had come from a Chinese aerospace executive — a lieutenant colonel in the Chinese military.
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Liz Swearingin, who has worked in the steel and aerospace industry but also served as county manager in Lewis County, New York.
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The missteps are complicating Arconic’s nascent strategy to remake itself by focusing on selling high-value products for the aerospace and automotive industries, while Alcoa sticks with the slow-growing aluminum business.
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Coon recently graduated from Michigan with a degree in aerospace engineering and now has signed up for classes to begin his master’s of engineering and space engineering.
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Rather, a closer examination of the Alabama choice reveals that Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, whose business acumen pushed Amazon to the top, has brought the same shrewdness to the aerospace industry.
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Her father is a software manager responsible for radar systems at Telephonics, a technology provider for the aerospace and military industry in Farmingdale, N.Y.
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Airbus, the European aerospace giant best known for the A320 short-haul airliner and A380 superjumbo, has made solving the airborne urban-mobility problem one of the first major tests for its new technology accelerator, A3.
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First Known Use of aerospace
1959
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Definition of aerospace
: of or relating to aerospace, to vehicles used in aerospace or the manufacture of such vehicles, or to travel in aerospace aerospace research aerospace profits aerospace medicine
Recent Examples of aerospace from the Web
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Aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin is coming to Huntsville, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today.
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Its past targets have included military and aerospace organizations from the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan and South Korea.
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First Known Use of aerospace
1955
AEROSPACE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of aerospace for English Language Learners
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: an industry that deals with travel in and above the Earth's atmosphere and with the production of vehicles used in such travel
AEROSPACE Defined for Kids
Definition of aerospace for Students
1 : the earth's atmosphere and the space beyond
2 : a science dealing with aerospace
Definition of aerospace for Students
: relating to aerospace, to the vehicles used in aerospace or their manufacture, or to travel in aerospace aerospace research an aerospace museum
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