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aeronautics

[air-uh-naw-tiks, -not-iks] / ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪks, -ˈnɒt ɪks /
NOUN
science of flight
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Emblematic of this is Toulouse in the south-west, home of France's aeronautics industry as well as a big student population and a classic French banlieue of high-rise estates.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The increase was driven by a sharp increase in transport-equipment production, particularly in aviation and aeronautics, Insee said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Bertrand Vilmer, an aeronautics expert and consultant at Paris-based Icare Aeronautique, said Athens' largely analog-based systems "are robust, but ones for which there's no longer really any possible maintenance because they're old."

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

His 16-year-old, he added, hoped to study aeronautics — an impossibility in Syria.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025

Virginia Tucker and all the women who had helped revolutionize aeronautics, with their work and their dogged presence at the NACA.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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