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Definition: Liftoff |
LiftoffNoun1. The initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Liftoff |
| Specialty definitions using "liftoff": bond liftoff ♦ escape tower ♦ time en route. (references) |
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Screenplays | Lost a satellite on liftoff today. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Lyrics | Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff (Space Oddity; performing artist: David Bowie) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | STS-27, Orbiter Atlantis, Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |  | Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |
 | Apollo 11 Liftoff Spectators.Credit: NASA. |  | Columbia Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |
 | Albert Siepert Points Out Highlights of Apollo 10 Liftoff to Belgium King and Queen.Credit: NASA. |  | Apollo 11 Mission Official Relax After Apollo 11 Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |
 | Gemini IV Astronauts Await Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |  | Astronaut Edward White Ready For Gemini IV Liftoff.Credit: NASA. |
 | GOES-D sits atop Delta 152 Launch Vehicle moments before ignition and liftoff. GOES-D became GOES 4 when placed in orbit. This satellite was placed in geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the nation of Colombia in South America.Credit: NOAA in Space. | ||
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Expression using "liftoff": bond liftoff. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
liftoff | 12 |
liftoff shuttle | 2 |
liftoff process | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "liftoff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | afrivning (avulsion, bond liftoff, divulsion, torn tread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | loskomen van de soldering (bond liftoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liitoslangan irtoaminen (bond liftoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | décollage (lift off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Start (Rakete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποκόλληση σύνδεσης (bond liftoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | distacco di saldatura (bond liftoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iftofflay gancho de suspensão (hanging rack, suspending rack). (various references) отрыв от земли (lift off). (various references) arrcncadero (activation, launch, pushoff). (various references) bondningssläpp (bond liftoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "liftoff": liftoffs. (additional references) | |
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"Liftoff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fiftffn, Lifolf, litolff, Pitoeff. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "liftoff" (pronounced li"ftô'f) |
| 3 | -t ô' f | blastoff, Castoff, cutoff. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-f-i-l-o-t" | |
-3 letters: filo, flit, foil, lift, loft, loti, tiff, toff, toil. | |
-4 letters: fil, fit, iff, lit, lot, off, oft, oil, til. | |
-5 letters: if, it, li, lo, of, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-f-f-i-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: liftoffs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 66 74 6F 66 66 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .. ..-. - --- ..-. ..-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100110 01110100 01101111 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i f t o f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0066 0074 006F 0066 0066 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46757286817272 |
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