aeronautics

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From French aéronautique or New Latin aeronauticus. Equivalent to aero- + -naut + -ics.

"It's cost me some badgering of High Officials of Military Aeronautics at Whitehall, and a lot of time wasted in baby tests. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan
This was the man they called "Aircraft Conyers," the man practically at the head of Aeronautics, Paul had, said, the man in whose hands rested (among so many, many other things) the whole career of the inventor of the P.D.Q.! — The Boy with Wings, Berta Ruck
Carl was full member of the circle because of his tales of the Bowery and the Great Riley Show, and because he pretended to be rather an authority on motors for dirigibles, about which he read in Aeronautics at the Y. M. C. A. reading-room. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis

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