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skylab

skylab noun: an outer space laboratory.

Noun (1)

skylab (plural skylabs)

  1. An outer space laboratory.
    • Two possibilities come to mind: (1) the use of multi-body spacecraft systems, e.g. space stations or shuttle skylabs employing subsatellites and/or passive balloons. (2) the use of cluster system of several small satellites of different size, geometry and surface material.1972, Israel Journal of Technology - Volume 10, page 188
    • Two aspects of altered immunity must be dealt with before man can exist for extended periods in space capsules, skylabs, or sealabs.1973, Aerospace Medicine - Volume 44, Issues 5-8, page 624

Noun (2)

skylab (plural skylabs)

  1. (Philippines) A motorcycle taxi with extension seats on the sides, configured by placing a wooden beam across the pillion.
    • At the very beginning of my time in Lake Sebu the jeepneys coming from the lowland would go until Lëm-Delag. Later on, the barangay officials decided that only skylabs were allowed to carry passengers to Lëm-Delag.2003, Karl Aanonsen, Sunggud is Our Business, page 55
    • Parked by its ancestor the ox cart, skylabs are the only public transit in this Sakhon Nakhon village.2005, Philip Cornwel-Smith, John Goss, Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture, page 46

Proper noun capitalized: Skylab

Skylab

  1. An orbiting workshop and observatory built by NASA.

skylab meaning in Tamil

skylab in Tamil

விண்வெளி ஆய்வுக்கூடம்

Examples of skylab in a sentence

  • What are the scientists up to, apart from perfecting impenetrable food packaging and orbiting skylabs?1973, Institute of Bankers (Great Britain), Journal of the Institute of Bankers - Volumes 94-95, page 252:
  • With the growing possibility of a global nuclear accident, untold genetic defects, falling skylabs, and the unleasing of powers science cannot control people are once more “off center.”1981, William J. Bausch, The Christian Parish: Whispers of the Risen Christ, page 51:
  • When asked whether China will launch its own skylabs and space shuttles, Shen Rongjun said: "The ultimate purpose of aerospace technology is to send people into space. […] "1986, Daily Report: China - Issues 108-116:
  • In the town of Mongkayo skylabs are designed to hold as many as a dozen passengers.2006, Robin Hemley, Invented Eden: The Elusive, Disputed History of the Tasaday, page 124:

Forms of skylab

pluralskylabs

Origin of skylab

From sky + lab.

Borrowed from Cebuano skylab, from English Skylab, from its crude resemblance in shape to the space station.

Questions about skylab

What does skylab mean?
Skylab means an outer space laboratory.
What is skylab in Tamil?
Skylab in Tamil is விண்வெளி ஆய்வுக்கூடம். See Skylab meaning in Tamil.
How do you use skylab in a sentence?
What are the scientists up to, apart from perfecting impenetrable food packaging and orbiting skylabs?
What part of speech is skylab?
Skylab can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of skylab?
The plural of skylab is skylabs.

Words near skylab in the dictionary

  1. skyjacking
  2. skyjackings
  3. skyjacks
  4. Skykomish
  5. Skyla
  6. skylab
  7. skylabs
  8. skyland
  9. skylands
  10. Skylar
  11. skylark

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