aerospace

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɛərəˌspeɪs/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The branch of technology and industry concerned with both aviation and space flight, encompassing the design, development, manufacture, and operation of aircraft and spacecraft.; The Earth's atmosphere and the space beyond it, considered as a single domain for the operation of aircraft and spacecraft.
  2. adjective
    Relating to or used in the design, manufacture, or operation of aircraft and spacecraft.; Of or relating to the atmosphere and outer space as a combined environment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

aerospace industryaerospace engineeringaerospace companyaerospace technologyaerospace sectoraerospace defense

Derivatives

aerospatial

Synonyms

aviationaeronauticsastronauticsspaceflight

Commonly confused

aeronautics
EN: 'Aeronautics' refers specifically to the science of flight within the atmosphere; 'aerospace' encompasses both atmospheric flight and outer space.
astronautics
EN: 'Astronautics' refers specifically to the science of space travel beyond the atmosphere; 'aerospace' is the broader term covering both air and space.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('aerospace'), not hyphenated ('aero-space') or as two words ('aero space').

💬 Examples

  1. The aerospace industry has seen rapid growth in both commercial aviation and space exploration.

  2. New regulations were introduced to manage traffic in the aerospace above major cities.

  3. She works as an aerospace engineer at a leading defense contractor.

  4. The aerospace environment poses unique challenges for materials engineering.