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FLYBY

Specialty Definition: FLYBY

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

An interplanetary mission in which the vehicle passes close to the target planet but does not impact it or go into orbit around it. (references)

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

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Crosswords: FLYBY

Specialty definitions using "FLYBY": CRAFgravity assistPEswing by. (references)

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Modern Usage: FLYBY

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Requesting permission for flyby. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

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

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Photo Album: FLYBY

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Endeavour with Columbia Ferry Flyby. Credit: NASA.

HL-10 on Lakebed with B-52 flyby. Credit: NASA.

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

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Expression: FLYBY

Expression using "FLYBY": ballistic flyby. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FLYBY

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

flyby

14

14 f flyby

3

smith flyby

2

5k flyby

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FLYBY

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

Danish

  

taet passage af en planet (planetary flyby), ballistisk passage (ballistic flyby). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rakelings passeren van een planeet (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

planeetan ohitusrata (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

French

  

sonde Voyager (Voyager flyby), passage au voisinage d'une planète (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

German

  

Flugbahn in der Nähe eines Planeten (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαλιστική διέλευση (ballistic flyby), πέρασμα κοντά από πλανήτη (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sonda Voyager (Voyager flyby), passaggio in prossimit di un pianeta (planetary flyby). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ybyflay

   

Portuguese

  

sobrevoo de um planeta (planetary flyby), aproximação tipo balístico (ballistic flyby). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vuelo de un vehículo espacial en las inmediaciones de un planeta (planetary flyby), sonda Voyager (Voyager flyby), sobrevuelo de un planeta (planetary flyby), acercamiento balístico (ballistic flyby). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gösteri uçuşu (circus, fly past, stunt, stunt flying), alçaktan uçuş. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: FLYBY

Derivations

Words beginning with "FLYBY": flybys. (additional references)


Misspellings

"FLYBY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flibi, Flimby, fluby, Fyba. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: FLYBY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-f-l-y-y"

-2 letters: fly.

-3 letters: by.

 Words containing the letters "b-f-l-y-y"
 

+1 letter: flyboy, flybys.

 

+2 letters: flyboys.

 

+4 letters: syllabify.

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

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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