airspace
airspace noun: a specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
Noun
airspace (countable and uncountable, plural airspaces)
- A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
- Holonym: aerospace (not synonymous)
- Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.
- That part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.
- Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.
- The legalisation of free radios caused a bitter fight for airspace.
- The portion of an enclosed area which contains air, especially breathable air.
- The cavity in a cavity wall containing air for insulation.
airspace meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
airspace in Hindi
- specified portion of the atmosphere
- वायु क्षेत्र vāyu kṣetra
airspace in Tamil
- காற்று வெளி, காற்றிடம்
airspace in Marathi
- हवाई क्षेत्र, हवाईक्षेत्र
airspace in Urdu
- specified portion of the atmosphere
- فَضائی حُدُود fazāī hudūd, ہَوافَضاء havāfazā'
More languagesFewer languages
- airspace in Bengali
- আকাশসীমা
- airspace in Telugu
- గగనతలం, వైమానిక ప్రాంతం
- airspace in Malayalam
- വ്യോമാതിർത്തി, വ്യോമാതിർത്തികൾ
- airspace in Kannada
- ವಾಯುಪ್ರದೇಶ
- airspace in Punjabi
- ਹਵਾਈ ਖੇਤਰ
- airspace in Gujarati
- હવાઈ ક્ષેત્ર, હવાઈ વિસ્તાર, એરસ્પેસ
- airspace in Nepali
- हवाई क्षेत्र, एयरस्पेस
- airspace in Arabic
- مَجَال جَوِّيّ majāl jawwiyy
- airspace in Malay
- ruang udara
- airspace in Indonesian
- wilayah udara
- airspace in Thai
- น่านฟ้า nâan-fáa
- airspace in Vietnamese
- không phận, vùng trời
Examples of airspace in a sentence
- Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.2020 March 25, “Network News: Railway working with government to combat crisis”, in Rail, page 7:
- During the war, Israel quickly took control of much of Iran's airspace, and attacked its military infrastructure.2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
Forms of airspace
| plural | airspaces |
|---|---|
| alternative form | air space |
Origin of airspace
From air + space.
Questions about airspace
- What does airspace mean?
- Airspace means a specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
- What is airspace in Hindi?
- Airspace in Hindi is वायु क्षेत्र (vāyu kṣetra). See Airspace meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use airspace in a sentence?
- Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.
- What part of speech is airspace?
- Airspace is a noun.
- What is the plural of airspace?
- The plural of airspace is airspaces.
Words near airspace in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: airspace (page history and authors); airspace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airspace (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); airspace (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); airspace (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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