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RESEARCH ROCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does research rocket mean?
• RESEARCH ROCKET (noun)
The noun RESEARCH ROCKET has 1 sense:
1. a rocket fired for test purposes
Familiarity information: RESEARCH ROCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rocket fired for test purposes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
research rocket; test instrument vehicle; test rocket
Hypernyms ("research rocket" is a kind of...):
projectile; rocket (any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "research rocket"):
sounding rocket (a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes)
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