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moon landing

moon landing noun: the safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Noun

moon landing (plural moon landings)

  1. The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
    • Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than...[1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 281

moon landing meaning in Arabic and Persian

moon landing in Arabic

arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
هُبُوط عَلَى الْقَمَر hubūṭ ʕalā l-qamar

moon landing in Persian

arrival of a spacecraft on the moon
فرود بر ماه forūd bar māh

Forms of moon landing

pluralmoon landings

Origin of moon landing

From moon + landing.

Questions about moon landing

What does moon landing mean?
Moon landing means the safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
What is moon landing in Arabic?
Moon landing in Arabic is هُبُوط عَلَى الْقَمَر (hubūṭ ʕalā l-qamar). See Moon landing meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is moon landing?
Moon landing is a noun.
What is the plural of moon landing?
The plural of moon landing is moon landings.

Words near moon landing in the dictionary

  1. moon joy
  2. moon jump
  3. moon jumped
  4. moon jumping
  5. moon jumps
  6. moon landing
  7. moon landings
  8. moon language
  9. moon letter
  10. moon letters
  11. moon logic

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