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aeronautics

[air-uh-naw-tiks, -not-iks] / ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪks, -ˈnɒt ɪks /
NOUN
science of flight
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The increase was driven by a sharp increase in transport-equipment production, particularly in aviation and aeronautics, Insee said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

At the same time, work accelerated across a wide range of priorities, including lunar exploration, Earth science, planetary defense, next-generation aeronautics, and technologies intended to support future missions to Mars.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

Bertrand Vilmer, an aeronautics expert and consultant at Paris-based Icare Aeronautique, said Athens' largely analog-based systems "are robust, but ones for which there's no longer really any possible maintenance because they're old."

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

To some, the opportunity to be so close to some of the crowning achievements in aeronautics was personal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025

Computing pools attached to specific tunnels or branches grew larger, spawned their own supervisors, and gave the female professionals the opportunity to specialize in a particular subfield of aeronautics.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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