Meaning of DOCKING
| Pronunciation: | | d'âking
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes |
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| | Synonyms: | | moorage, tying up |
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| | See Also: | | arrival | |
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| | Related Terms: | | apogee, attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, burn, capsule, debarkation, deep-space ship, disembarkation, disembarkment, docking maneuver, dropping anchor, Earth insertion, ferry rocket, fuel ship, going ashore, injection, insertion, landfall, landing, LEM, LM, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, module, moon ship, mooring, multistage rocket, orbit, parking orbit, perigee, reentry, rocket, shuttle rocket, soft landing, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, tying up |
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