splashdown
splashdown noun: the act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
Noun
splashdown (countable and uncountable, plural splashdowns)
- The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
- He [John Wolfram] was the fastest swimmer in the group and knew he would be the first at splashdown.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 235
- To get back to Earth, the space capsule had to withstand predicted temperatures of about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit and slow down from nearly 25,000 miles per hour — or more than 30 times the speed of sound — to a gentle 19 mph or so before splashdown.2026 April 10, Amina Khan, “WATCH LIVE: Artemis II astronauts have splashed down on Earth”, in National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio
splashdown meaning in Hindi
splashdown in Hindi
- landing in water
- जलावतरण jalāvatraṇ
Forms of splashdown
| plural | splashdowns |
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Origin of splashdown
Deverbal from splash down.
Questions about splashdown
- What does splashdown mean?
- Splashdown means the act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
- What is splashdown in Hindi?
- Splashdown in Hindi is जलावतरण (jalāvatraṇ). See Splashdown meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is splashdown?
- Splashdown is a noun.
- What is the plural of splashdown?
- The plural of splashdown is splashdowns.
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