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space-based

space-based adjective: based in (or beginning from) space (especially in orbit, but sometimes on a planet or moon).

Adjective

space-based (comparative more space-based, superlative most space-based)

  1. (facility, etc) Based in (or beginning from) space (especially in orbit, but sometimes on a planet or moon).
    • While this study focuses on the implications of space-based global strike for future U.S. military capabilities, its fundamental objective is to provoke a debate within the U.S. defense establishment[…]2001, Larry G. Sills, Space-based Global Strike: Understanding Strategic and Military Implications, page 19

Forms of space-based

comparativemore space-based
superlativemost space-based

Questions about space-based

What does space-based mean?
Space-based means based in (or beginning from) space (especially in orbit, but sometimes on a planet or moon).
What part of speech is space-based?
Space-based is an adjective.

Words near space-based in the dictionary

  1. space weather
  2. space weathering
  3. space work
  4. space writer
  5. space writers
  6. space-based
  7. space-borne
  8. space-cadet keyboard
  9. space-cadet keyboards
  10. space-faring
  11. space-filling

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