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planetships

planetships is the plural of planetship.

Meaning of planetship

Noun

planetship (plural planetships)

  1. 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

Questions about planetships

What is planetships the plural of?
Planetships is the plural of planetship.

Words near planetships in the dictionary

  1. planets
  2. planetscape
  3. planetscapes
  4. planetsful
  5. planetship
  6. planetships
  7. planetside
  8. planetsider
  9. planetsiders
  10. planetule
  11. planetules

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