planetship
planetship noun: a spacecraft for relatively short journeys in the vicinity of a planet.
Noun
planetship (plural planetships)
- A spacecraft for relatively short journeys in the vicinity of a planet.
- If an interstellar flight belongs in the category of very slow flight, the corresponding starship is converted into a planetship for rapid flights within the solar system.1959, NASA Technical Translation, page 156
- This was not a spaceship with its stern half broader than the bows and with high stabilizer ribs. Judging by the sharp bows and slim hull it must have been a planetship hut its contours differed in the thick ring at the stern and the long, distaff-shaped structure on top.2005, Vera Velichko, The Best on the East, volume 3, page 107
Forms of planetship
| plural | planetships |
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Origin of planetship
From planet + ship.
Questions about planetship
- What does planetship mean?
- Planetship means a spacecraft for relatively short journeys in the vicinity of a planet.
- What part of speech is planetship?
- Planetship is a noun.
- What is the plural of planetship?
- The plural of planetship is planetships.
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