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spaceforce

spaceforce noun: a military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.

Noun

spaceforce (plural spaceforces)

  1. (space flight) A military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.
    • "Wouldn't fit through the window," Lex apologized. "Anyway, a starship's a big responsibility — you're planning to join the spaceforce, aren't you?"1978, Jonathan Fast, Mortal Gods, →ISBN
    • The MSP may eventually become part of a new spaceforce that coordinates the broad range of defensive and offensive space assets. In addition, a new emphasis is being placed upon NASA and the U.S. Air Force to coordinate activity on such a space plane/RLV development.2003, A Charania, “Operational Capabilities and Legal Implications of a Military Space Plane”, in Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, volume 45, University of...
    Synonyms:
    spatial force

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SpaceForce

SpaceForce

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Space Force.
    • Finally, you don’t have to be a soothsayer to understand that the China/US conflict can lead to an acceleration of the climate and worldwide economic crisis. Who is worrying about that in Washington or Beijing? Not SpaceForce. They are apolitical.2020, Frank Pournelle, Spaceforce Update As China Outmatches US
    • SpaceForce, she said. SpaceForce would change my life, and right now, my life seriously needed a change.2015, J. Naomi Ay, Amyr's Command

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Spaceforce

Spaceforce

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Space Force.
    • “It is, Captain Gray,” a European Spaceforce admiral told him. “Operation Cygni, a joint European-American scientific and first-contact expedition to the star Deneb."2018, Ian Douglas, Bright Light, →ISBN
    • Sure, there wasn't a shortage of Spaceforce personnel who didn't envy him. With a cushy post as one of four aides-de-camp to the Supreme Commander of the Spaceforce, his future was secure.1981, James R. Berry, Quas Starbrite, →ISBN

Synonyms of spaceforce

  • spatial force

Forms of spaceforce

pluralspaceforces
alternative formspace force
alternative formspace-force

Origin of spaceforce

From space + force. Coined in analogy to airforce.

Questions about spaceforce

What does spaceforce mean?
Spaceforce means a military unit involved with outer space and spaceflight.
What part of speech is spaceforce?
Spaceforce can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of spaceforce?
The plural of spaceforce is spaceforces.

Words near spaceforce in the dictionary

  1. spaceflight
  2. spaceflight participant
  3. spaceflight-specific
  4. spaceflights
  5. spaceflown
  6. spaceforce
  7. spaceforces
  8. spaceframe
  9. spaceframes
  10. spaceful
  11. spacegirl

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