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dropsite

dropsite noun: a site where something (such as paratroopers or supplies, or electronic data) is dropped (especially airdropped).

Noun

dropsite (plural dropsites)

  1. A site where something (such as paratroopers or supplies, or electronic data) is dropped (especially airdropped).
    • Though the grazing provided the roughage component of the animal ration, the grain component was supplied along the route of march at dropsites and included grain and barley, separately packed, 40 pounds in a double-strength burlap bag. Concerning the supply to the Chinese 38th Division during the...1961, United States. Army Medical Service, United States Army Veterinary Service in World War II
    • Since dropsites need not be windowed objects, stacking information must be provided in the dropsite database (even if dropsites were all windowed, this information probably needs to be included in the database considering the cost of obtaining it from the server) based on stacking declarations made...1991, The X Resource: A Practical Journal of the X Window System

Forms of dropsite

pluraldropsites

Origin of dropsite

From drop + site.

Questions about dropsite

What does dropsite mean?
Dropsite means a site where something (such as paratroopers or supplies, or electronic data) is dropped (especially airdropped).
What part of speech is dropsite?
Dropsite is a noun.
What is the plural of dropsite?
The plural of dropsite is dropsites.

Words near dropsite in the dictionary

  1. dropsically
  2. dropside
  3. dropsides
  4. dropsied
  5. dropsies
  6. dropsite
  7. dropsites
  8. dropsonde
  9. dropsondes
  10. dropstone
  11. dropstones

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