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flying collapse: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"; hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"; of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation); "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"; designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"; capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"

observatory collapse: a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena

sextant collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant; a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees

television collapse: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points; broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

studio collapse: workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph"; workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded

aerology collapse: meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers

meteorology collapse: the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather); predicting what the weather will be

hydrostatics collapse: study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion

supernova collapse: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

pulsar collapse: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

nova collapse: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

quasar collapse: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

photometry collapse: measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)

frequency band collapse: a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals)

direction finder collapse: radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves

pneumatics collapse: the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases

soaring collapse: ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"; moving to great heights with little apparent effort; "a soaring eagle"

receiver collapse: set that receives radio or tv signals; a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

aeromechanics collapse: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow

ham collapse: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked); an unskilled actor who overacts; a licensed amateur radio operator; (Old Testament) son of Noah

epaulet collapse: adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder

cabinet collapse: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display; housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television; a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock; persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

monitor collapse: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles; a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble; electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions; display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor; an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac; keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

radar collapse: measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

Pleiades collapse: a star cluster in the constellation Taurus; (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion

Hyades collapse: (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward

telescope collapse: a magnifier of images of distant objects; make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"; crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

stargazer collapse: heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head

rocketry collapse: the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation

astronomy collapse: the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

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