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helionauts

helionauts is the plural of helionaut.

Meaning of helionaut

Noun

helionaut (plural helionauts)

  1. (rare) Someone who travels to the Sun; an explorer of the Sun.
    • IIRC from the director's commentary the name was chosen to add a bit of humility to the mission, lest the helionauts get too cocky about their cutting edge technology.2008 January 10, Jared, “Re: SUNSHINE (no spoilers)”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet)

Questions about helionauts

What is helionauts the plural of?
Helionauts is the plural of helionaut.

Words near helionauts in the dictionary

  1. heliomicroscopy
  2. heliomycin
  3. helion
  4. helional
  5. helionaut
  6. helionauts
  7. helionium
  8. helions
  9. heliopause
  10. heliopauses
  11. heliophile

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