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1. ablate, v. View full entry a1475
...trans. To take away, remove. Also intr. Now rare....
2. ablation, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Surg. Originally: surgical removal of an organ or other part of the body; the cutting away of abnormal tissue; an instance of this (now rare). In later use also:...
3. ablative, adj. and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar. Designating, being in, or relating to a case of nouns and pronouns, and of words in grammatical agreement with them, in Latin and certain other Indo-European languages, the central function...
4. ablatively, adv. View full entry 1653
...Grammar. In the ablative case; as an ablative....
5. ablator, n. View full entry a1832
...A person who ablates. Obs.rare....
6. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
7. aerobot, n. View full entry 1987
...A robot-controlled aircraft, typically pilotless. Also: an automated package of instruments for use in interplanetary exploration....
8. aerobrake, n. View full entry 1973
...A structure on an aircraft or spacecraft designed to increase atmospheric drag, esp. for aerobraking....
9. aerobrake, v. View full entry 1985
...intr. To perform aerobraking....
10. aerobraking, n. View full entry 1964
...Aerodynamic braking of a spacecraft when it passes repeatedly through the upper layers of a planet's atmosphere, esp. when brought about in order to enter or alter its orbit round the planet....
11. aeromedicine, n. View full entry 1943
...The branch of medicine concerned with the health consequences of air or space travel; aviation medicine, aerospace medicine....
12. aerospace, adj. and n. View full entry 1955
...attrib. Of or relating to aviation and space flight considered together, esp. as a branch of technology and industry....
13. afterburning, n. and adj. View full entry 1855
...gen. Burning that takes place after some event....
14. air lock, n. View full entry 1840
...An airtight chamber with parallel sets of doors which permits movement between areas at different pressures, most often used for passage between atmospheric pressure and chambers or environments containing compressed air, water...
15. all-up, adj. and n. View full entry 1923
...Chiefly in all-up weight....
16. altitude, n. View full entry c1386
...Astron. The height of an object in the sky expressed as its angular distance above the horizon....
17. A-OK, adj. and adv. View full entry 1961
...In perfect order or condition. Orig. Astronaut. (see quot. 1961)....
18. apogee, n. View full entry 1595
...The point in the orbit of the moon, or of any planet, at which it is at its greatest distance from the earth; also, the greatest distance of the sun from the...
19. application, n. View full entry a1398
...The action of bringing something to bear upon a person or thing with practical results; the action of causing something to affect a person or thing....
20. artificial, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of a thing: made or constructed by human skill, esp. in imitation of, or as a substitute for, something which is made or occurs naturally; man-made....
