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Earth return vehicle

Earth return vehicle noun: a spacecraft designed to survive reentry and landing, returning from space back to planet Earth.

Noun

Earth return vehicle (plural Earth return vehicles)

  1. (space flight) a spacecraft designed to survive reentry and landing, returning from space back to planet Earth
    Synonyms:
    ERV

Synonyms of Earth return vehicle

Forms of Earth return vehicle

pluralEarth return vehicles

Words formed from Earth return vehicle

Questions about Earth return vehicle

What does Earth return vehicle mean?
Earth return vehicle means a spacecraft designed to survive reentry and landing, returning from space back to planet Earth.
What part of speech is Earth return vehicle?
Earth return vehicle is a noun.
What is the plural of Earth return vehicle?
The plural of Earth return vehicle is Earth return vehicles.

Words near Earth return vehicle in the dictionary

  1. earth pond
  2. earth ponds
  3. earth pyramid
  4. earth pyramids
  5. Earth radius
  6. Earth return vehicle
  7. Earth return vehicles
  8. earth science
  9. earth sciences
  10. earth scraper
  11. earth scrapers

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