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demate

demate verb: to move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.

Verb

demate (third-person singular simple present demates, present participle demating, simple past and past participle demated)

  1. (transitive) To move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.

Antonyms of demate

Forms of demate

third-person singular presentdemates
present participledemating
past participledemated
pastdemated

Origin of demate

From de- + mate.

Questions about demate

What does demate mean?
Demate means to move (a space shuttle orbiter) off the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
What part of speech is demate?
Demate is a verb.
What is the past tense of demate?
The past tense of demate is demated.

Words near demate in the dictionary

  1. demasted
  2. demastication
  3. demasting
  4. demasts
  5. demat
  6. demate
  7. demated
  8. dematerialisation
  9. dematerialisations
  10. dematerialise
  11. dematerialised

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