Airspace

Definition: Airspace

Airspace

Noun

1. The atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction.

Specialty Definitions: Airspace

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	Specifically, the atmosphere above a particular portion of the earth, usually defined by the boundaries of an area on the surface projected upward.Airspace is sometimes particularized by altitude, as the airspace above 20,000 feet. (references)
Geography	Space in the air above the surface of the Earth, or a particular portion of such space, usually defined by the boundaries of an area on the surface, projected upward. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Airspace

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country or, more generally, any specific portion of the atmosphere.

Aviators divide airspace into three basic types:

Uncontrolled airspace is airspace in which air traffic control does not exert any authority. It exists close to the ground or in mountainous terrain where safe IFR flight and radar coverage are impossible.
Controlled airspace exists almost every place else. Air traffic control is capable of directing aircraft in this airspace (though does not necessarily do so).
Special use airspace includes things like areas where flight is prohibited for national security reasons.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Airspace."

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Synonym: Airspace

Synonym: Air space. (additional references)

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Crosswords: Airspace

Specialty definitions using "airspace": air defense area, air defense identification zone, air policing, air shot, aircraft climb corridor, airport-control operator, air-space, airspace control, airspace control area, AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SPECIALIST, TOWER ♦ caution area, control-tower-radio operator, cushion blasting ♦ down range ♦ firepower umbrella, flight information region, FLIGHT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, flight-control-tower operator, flow control ♦ high density airspace control zone ♦ leaving point ♦ NATO airspace ♦ positive control, procedural control ♦ restricted area ♦ terminal manoeuvring area, Thermal Envelope Houses, Triple Pane. (references)

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Modern Usage: Airspace

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

They just violated our airspace. (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

Yes! Again my appologies Airazor but you are in Predacon airspace. In the interest of continued peace I must request that you leave. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Well, Colonel, I logged over 100 hours over enemy airspace during the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you or are we going to have to arm wrestle? (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

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Commercial Usage: Airspace

Domain	Title
Books	A Decision Support System for Evaluating Ranges and Airspace (reference) Airspace (reference) Fluid and Solute Transport in the Airspace of the Lungs (reference) Flying in Congested Airspace (reference) Israel Defense Industry Export-Import Directory: Aviation, Airspace, Automotive, Electronics (World Business Library) (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Airspace

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Non-Fiction Usage: Airspace

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Forty-eight hours after the initial radiograph, virtually all patients demonstrate interstitial edema and two-thirds have developed extensive bibasilar or perihilar airspace disease. (references)
		The lack of peripheral distribution of the initial airspace disease, the prominence of interstitial edema and the presence of pleural effusions early in the disease process help distinguish HPS from ARDS. There is, however, overlap in the radiographic appearance of the two diseases. (references)
Business		The authority also provides air traffic control services over the entire Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. (references)
		With its large airspace and well-positioned network of airports, Sweden can accommodate the growth and further expand the role of air traffic in the transportation system. (references)
		The AAI has drawn up a USD 1.1 billion plan to modernize and expand its airspace management and infrastructure to meet the growth in demand that is projected for the next five years. (references)
Economic History	Slovenia	Slovenia granted NATO use of its airspace and offered further logistical support. (references)
	Greece	Within a few months, however, the two countries were again at odds over Aegean airspace and sovereignty issues. (references)
	Morocco	All airports have modern equipment to increase traffic security and safety, and to improve the airspace radio coverage. (references)
Political Economy	China	Political relations with the U.S. temporarily deteriorated following the accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in May 1999 and again following the collision of a U.S. EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft and a Chinese fighter in international airspace in April 2001. Bilateral relations have gradually recovered from both incidents, though differences between the U.S. and Chinese governments on some political issues continue occasionally to color the relationship. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Airspace

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	President, that violation of Cuban airspace by American planes could also lead to dangerous consequences.
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Usage Frequency: Airspace

"Airspace" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.30% of the time. "Airspace" is used about 108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.3%	104	31,955
Noun (proper)	3.7%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	108	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Airspace

Expressions using "airspace": advisory airspace ♦ airspace control ♦ airspace control area ♦ airspace control authority ♦ airspace control boundary ♦ airspace reservation ♦ airspace restrictions ♦ airspace violation ♦ airspace volume concept ♦ airspace warning area ♦ ats airspace ♦ chief master sergeant of first airspace ♦ controlled airspace ♦ high density airspace control zone ♦ nato airspace. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Airspace

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
727 airport airspace angola ari benita benjamin boeing fleischer joseph leasing luanda padilla padilla padilla sales	97
airspace	11
airspace national system	6
2003 airspace missile strategy	4
airspace class	4
airspace classification	4
airspace restricted	3
airspace b class	3
airspace class d	3
tactical airspace integration system	2
airspace class e	2
airspace claim dayton its	2
airspace faa	2
airspace c class	2
airspace claim dayton flight	2
airspace class g	2
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Modern Translations: Airspace

Language		Translations for "airspace"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		领空. (various references)

Danish		luftrum. (various references)

Dutch		luchtruim. (various references)

Finnish		ilmatila (air territory, head space in a bottle of wine, headspace, outage, ullage). (various references)

French		espace aérien (air domain, air space). (various references)

German		Luftraum (atmosphere). (various references)

Greek		εναέριος χώρος. (various references)

Hungarian		légtér (aerospace, air space, area). (various references)

Italian		spazio aereo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		空�" (room, room for rent or lease, space, vacancy), 空域 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くうか�" (room, space), くういき. (various references)

Korean		상공. (various references)

Manx		eaghtyr speyrey. (various references)

Pig Latin		airspaceay

Portuguese		espaço aéreo. (various references)

Russian		воздушное пространство (air space, airspaces). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vazdušni prostor zemlje u sastavu nato (nato airspace), upravljanje vazdušnim prostorom (airspace control). (various references)

Spanish		espacio aéreo. (various references)

Swedish		luftrum. (various references)

Turkish		hava sahası (sky). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Airspace

Derivations
	Words beginning with "airspace": airspaces. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Airspace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: airospace, airscape, Artspace, irsacae. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Airspace"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "airspace" (pronounced e"rspā's)
4	-s p ā' s	Aerospace, cyberspace.
3	-p ā' s	outpace.
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Anagrams: Airspace

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: airscape.
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: picaras, scrapie, spacier, spiraea.
	-2 letters: apices, arecas, aspire, caesar, capers, capias, capris, caries, cerias, crapes, cripes, ericas, escarp, pacers, paries, parsec, picara, praise, precis, prices, recaps, sarape, scrape, secpar, spacer, spicae, spicer, spirea.
	-3 letters: acari, acres, aecia, apace, apers, apres, areas, areca, areic, arias, arise, asper, aspic, caper, capes, cares, carpi, carps, carse.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: airscapes, airspaces.
	+2 letters: apocarpies, aspherical, paramedics, pharmacies, rampancies, rapacities.
	+3 letters: altarpieces, amphimacers, appreciates, archesporia, campaigners, caparisoned, capillaries, ceratopsian, paediatrics, pancreatins, parameciums, paraplegics, parcenaries, patriciates.
	+4 letters: antipiracies, apothecaries, appreciators, archesporial, archipelagos, cacographies, capitularies, cataphoresis, caterpillars, ceratopsians, comparatives, decapitators, ectoparasite, emancipators, handicappers, hypercapnias, malpractices, pancreatitis, paramedicals, parasiticide, parfocalizes, participates, particulates, patriarchies, preeclampsia, prevaricates, separatistic, seraphically, spectatorial.
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