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lithocaptures

lithocaptures is the plural of lithocapture.

lithocaptures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lithocapture.

Meaning of lithocapture

Noun

lithocapture (countable and uncountable, plural lithocaptures)

  1. (humorous) A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body is decelerated by impact with the surface of the body.
    • If the initial orbit is hyperbolic, lithobraking would properly be termed lithocapture.2020, Jonathan C. McDowell, “Astronautical Glossary”, in Jonathan's Space Report, retrieved 21 Feb 2021

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Questions about lithocaptures

What is lithocaptures the plural of?
Lithocaptures is the plural of lithocapture.

Words near lithocaptures in the dictionary

  1. lithobraked
  2. lithobrakes
  3. lithobraking
  4. lithocapture
  5. lithocaptured
  6. lithocaptures
  7. lithocapturing
  8. lithocarp
  9. lithocarps
  10. lithochemical
  11. lithochemistry

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