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astrogate

astrogate verb: to astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.

Verb

astrogate (third-person singular simple present astrogates, present participle astrogating, simple past and past participle astrogated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
    • Sure, Mike was used to having many loads in trajectory at once—but had never had to astrogate more than one at a time. Now he had hundreds and had promised to deliver twenty-nine of them simultaneously to the exact second at twenty-nine pinpointed targets.1966, Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, New York: Ace, published 2018, Book 3, Chapter 25

Forms of astrogate

third-person singular presentastrogates
present participleastrogating
past participleastrogated
pastastrogated

Origin of astrogate

Blend of astro- + navigate.

Words formed from astrogate

Questions about astrogate

What does astrogate mean?
Astrogate means to astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
What part of speech is astrogate?
Astrogate is a verb.
What is the past tense of astrogate?
The past tense of astrogate is astrogated.

Words near astrogate in the dictionary

  1. astroethical
  2. astroethics
  3. astrofest
  4. astrofests
  5. astrogaloside
  6. astrogate
  7. astrogated
  8. astrogates
  9. astrogating
  10. astrogation
  11. astrogational

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