lithocaptureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.θoʊˌkæp.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈlɪ.θəˌkæp.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈlɪ.θoʊ.kæpˌt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈlɪ.θə.kæpˌt͡ʃɚ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.θoʊˌkæp.t͡ʃə/

名詞

lithocapture (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 lithocaptures)

1. (astronautics, humorous) A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body is decelerated by impact with the surface of the body.
   • 2020, Jonathan C. McDowell, “Astronautical Glossary”, in Jonathan's Space Report‎^[1], retrieved 21 February 2021:

     If the initial orbit is hyperbolic, lithobraking would properly be termed lithocapture.

動詞

lithocapture (三人称単数 現在形 lithocaptures, 現在分詞 lithocapturing, 過去形および過去分詞形 lithocaptured)

1. (astronautics, humorous) To perform lithocapture.

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