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astronautics

astronautics noun: navigation through space.

Noun

astronautics (uncountable)

  1. Navigation through space.
  2. The science and technology of space flight.

astronautics meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Arabic

astronautics in Hindi

navigation through space
अंतरिक्षयानिकी antrikṣayānikī
science and technology of spaceflight
अंतरिक्षयानिकी antrikṣayānikī

astronautics in Marathi

astronautics
अंतराळ विज्ञान antarāḷ vidnyān

astronautics in Urdu

علمِ خلانوردی

astronautics in Arabic

navigation through space
مِلَاحَة فَضَائِيَّة milāḥa faḍāʔiyya
science and technology of spaceflight
مِلَاحَة الْفَضَاء milāḥat al-faḍāʔ
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Sindhi
نجم جُوئِي najim juī, نجم جُوئيات najim juiyāt

Origin of astronautics

From French astronautique (“astronautics”) + English -ics. By surface analysis, astro- (“space”) + nautics (“navigation”).

Words formed from astronautics

Questions about astronautics

What does astronautics mean?
Astronautics means navigation through space.
What is astronautics in Hindi?
Astronautics in Hindi is अंतरिक्षयानिकी (antrikṣayānikī). See Astronautics meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is astronautics?
Astronautics is a noun.

Words near astronautics in the dictionary

  1. astronautess
  2. astronautesses
  3. astronautic
  4. astronautical
  5. astronautically
  6. astronautics
  7. astronautrix
  8. astronauts
  9. astronautte
  10. astronauttes
  11. astronav

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: astronautics (page history and authors); अंतराळ विज्ञान (Marathi) (page history and authors); astronautics (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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