aeronautics

See also: aeronàutics

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛə.ɹəʊˈnɔː.tɪks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɔ.ɾɪks]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.tɪks/, [ˌɛɚ.oʊˈnɑ.ɾɪks]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -nɔːtɪks

Noun

aeronautics (uncountable)

1. The design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects; the study of and control of how aviation works.

   Near-synonyms: aerodynamics, aviation

2. The theory and practice of aircraft navigation.

   Near-synonym: aeronavigation

Related terms

• aeronaut
• aeronautic
• aeronautical
• aerospace
• astronautics

Translations

mechanics and science of aircraft

• Arabic: عِلْم اَلطَّيَرَان m (ʕilm aṭ-ṭayarān)
• Asturian: aeronáutica (ast) f
• Bulgarian: въздухопла́ване (bg) n (vǎzduhoplávane), аерона́втика f (aeronávtika)
• Catalan: aeronàutica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 航空學 / 航空学 (zh) (hángkōngxué), 航空術 / 航空术 (zh) (hángkōngshù)

• Esperanto: aeronaŭtiko
• French: aéronautique (fr) f
• Galician: aeronáutica (gl) f
• German: Luftfahrt (de) f
• Greek: αεροναυτική (el) f (aeronaftikí)
• Hindi: वैमानिकी (hi) f (vaimānikī), वैमानिक अभियांत्रिकी f (vaimānik abhiyāntrikī)
• Hungarian: aeronautika (hu), repüléstan (hu)
• Ido: aeronautiko (io)
• Italian: aeronautica (it) f
• Japanese: 航空学 (こうくうがく, kōkūgaku)
• Malay: aeronautik (ms), kaji terbang
• Occitan: aeronautica (oc) f
• Persian: هوانوردی (fa) (havânavardi)
• Polish: aeronautyka (pl) f (dated), lotnictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: aeronáutica (pt) f
• Romanian: aeronautică (ro) f
• Russian: воздухопла́вание (ru) n (vozduxoplávanije), аэрона́втика (ru) f (aeronávtika), лётное де́ло n (ljótnoje délo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ваздухопловство n, зракопловство n аеронаутика f

  Latin: vazduhoplovstvo n, zrakoplovstvo (sh) n, aeronautika (sh) f

• Spanish: aeronáutica (es) f
• Swedish: aeronautik (sv)

theory and practice of aircraft navigation

• Esperanto: aerveturado
• Ido: aeronavigado (io)
• Irish: aerloingseoireacht f
• Polish: aeronautyka (pl) f (dated), lotnictwo (pl) n

See also

• avionics
• ballistics