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hydronautics

hydronautics noun: the science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.

Noun

hydronautics (uncountable)

  1. The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation

Origin of hydronautics

From hydro- (“water”) + -naut (“travel”) + -ics (“a practice, field of knowledge or skill”).

Words formed from hydronautics

Questions about hydronautics

What does hydronautics mean?
Hydronautics means the science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
What part of speech is hydronautics?
Hydronautics is a noun.

Words near hydronautics in the dictionary

  1. hydronated
  2. hydronation
  3. hydronations
  4. hydronaut
  5. hydronautical
  6. hydronautics
  7. hydronauts
  8. hydronegative
  9. hydronephroses
  10. hydronephrosis
  11. hydronephrotic

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