GRAVITY ASSIST

  

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GRAVITY ASSIST

Specialty Definition: GRAVITY ASSIST

DomainDefinition

Space

Technique whereby a spacecraft takes angular momentum from a planet's solar orbit (or a satellite's orbit) to accelerate the spacecraft, or the reverse. See Chapter 4. (references)

Transportation

Operation whereby the gravitational pull of a celestial body is used to alter the velocity and direction of a spacecraft by calculated flyby without use of supplementary propulsive energy. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GRAVITY ASSIST

Specialty definitions using "GRAVITY ASSIST": Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references)

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Modern Translation: GRAVITY ASSIST

Language Translations for "GRAVITY ASSIST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hjulpet af tyngdekraften (swing by). (various references)

   

French

  

gravidéviation, gravicélération. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελιγμός επωφελούμενος από την πλανητική έλξη (swing by). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avitygray assistay

   

Portuguese

  

aceleração gravítica (swing by). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GRAVITY ASSIST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-r-s-s-s-t-t-v-y"

-3 letters: satyriasis.

-4 letters: aviarists, gastritis, satirists, sitarists, stravaigs.

-5 letters: atavists, aviarist, gravitas, satirist, sitarist, stravaig, tsarists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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