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moonfall

moonfall noun: arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.

Noun

moonfall (usually uncountable, plural moonfalls)

  1. (usually) Arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.
    • Total time to unpack the landing pod after moonfall is one working year, conducted in parallel with paving and other activities.1981, Space Manufacturing, volume 4, page 115
    • The first crisis the lunar explorers faced came just short of moonfall. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, code-named “Eagle', was still 9.5 km (6 miles) up when the vital guidance computer began flashing an alarm – […]2014, John Jackman, Wendy Wren, Nelson English: Development: Book 4, page 40
  2. (poetic, usually) Synonym of moonset.
    Synonyms:
    moonset

Synonyms of moonfall

Forms of moonfall

pluralmoonfalls

Origin of moonfall

From moon + fall. * (astronautics): after landfall.

Questions about moonfall

What does moonfall mean?
Moonfall means arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.
What part of speech is moonfall?
Moonfall is a noun.
What is the plural of moonfall?
The plural of moonfall is moonfalls.

Words near moonfall in the dictionary

  1. Mooneyhans
  2. mooneys
  3. moonface
  4. moonfaced
  5. moonfaces
  6. moonfall
  7. moonfish
  8. moonfishes
  9. moonflask
  10. moonflasks
  11. moonflight

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