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Meaning of "rockoon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROCKOON

From rocket1 + balloon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ROCKOON

rockoon  [rɒˈkuːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROCKOON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rockoon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROCKOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rockoon

Rockoon

A rockoon is a solid fuel sounding rocket that, rather than being immediately lit while on the ground, is first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and automatically ignited. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher altitude, as the rocket does not have to move under power through the lower and thicker layers of the atmosphere. The original concept was developed by Cmdr. Lee Lewis, Cmdr. G. Halvorson, S. F. Singer, and James A. Van Allen during the Aerobee rocket firing cruise of the U.S.S. Norton Sound on March 1, 1949. A serious disadvantage is that balloons cannot be steered and consequently neither the direction the launched rocket moves in nor the region where it will fall is easily adjustable. Therefore, a large area for the fall of the rocket is required for safety reasons.

Definition of rockoon in the English dictionary

The definition of rockoon in the dictionary is a rocket carrying scientific equipment for studying the upper atmosphere, fired from a balloon at high altitude.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROCKOON


afternoon
ˌɑːftəˈnuːn
balloon
bəˈluːn
barracoon
ˌbærəˈkuːn
cacoon
kæˈkuːn
Cameroon
ˌkæməˈruːn
cartoon
kɑːˈtuːn
cocoon
kəˈkuːn
Coen
kuːn
coon
kuːn
honeymoon
ˈhʌnɪˌmuːn
hoon
huːn
June
dʒuːn
Kun
kuːn
moon
muːn
puccoon
pəˈkuːn
raccoon
rəˈkuːn
racoon
rəˈkuːn
soon
suːn
tune
tjuːn
tycoon
taɪˈkuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROCKOON

rockiness
rocking
rocking chair
rocking horse
rocking stone
Rockingham
rockingly
rockless
rocklike
rockling
rocknroller
rockrose
rocks
rockshaft
rockslide
rockwater
rockweed
Rockwell
rockwork
rocky

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROCKOON

blue moon
boon
doon
full moon
half-moon
hot-air balloon
lagoon
loon
monsoon
new moon
noon
over the moon
saloon
saskatoon
spoon
tablespoon
teaspoon
toon
typhoon
zoon

Synonyms and antonyms of rockoon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rockoon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROCKOON

Find out the translation of rockoon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rockoon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rockoon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

rockoon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Rockoon
570 millions of speakers

English

rockoon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

द्वारा Rockoon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rockoon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Rockoon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rockoon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rockoon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Rockoon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rockoon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rockoon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rockoon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rockoon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rockoon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rockoon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rockoon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॉकोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rockoon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Rockoon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rockoon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Rockoon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rockoon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

rockoon
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Rockoon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

rockoon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rockoon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rockoon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKOON»

The term «rockoon» is normally little used and occupies the 144.946 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROCKOON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rockoon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCKOON»

Discover the use of rockoon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rockoon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rockoon
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Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles
It's. a. Rocket! It's. a. Balloon! It's. a. Rockoon! 8. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind, Thule, Greenland— July 29, 1952. Van Allen boarded the USCGC Eastwind with an unlikely crew of space explorers—two graduate students, a university ...
Abigail Foerstner, 2009
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Opening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific ...
After the initial development and field proof of the rockoon technique in 1952, Van Allen, his students, and Gottlieb were eager to put this new tool to further use . Expeditions were mounted in the summers of 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1957 to ...
George H. Ludwig, 2013
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A Dictionary of the Space Age
rockoon. A high-altitude sounding system consisting ofa small solidpropellant research rocket carried aloft by a large plastic balloon. The rocket is triggered from the balloon 10–15 miles (16–24 km) above the Earth. Rockoons were used  ...
Paul Dickson, 2010
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Origins Of Magnetospheric Physics: An Expanded Edition
Between August 5 and 14 we conducted eighteen rockoon flights in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and the Labrador Sea at geographic latitudes ranging from 55° to 75 ° N. Excellent data on the cosmic-ray intensity and the auroral soft radiation were  ...
James A. Van Allen, 2004
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New Scientist
The first and subsequent launchings by the " rockoon " method, as it is being called, will take place on the missile testing range at Woomera. The rocket, tentatively named Harpy I, is slung, complete with a light-weight launching platform and ...
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New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the ...
A solid-fuelled sounding rocket was the obvious answer, as that could be fired at a moment's notice, and a suitable size rocket was available called a Rockoon. The Rockoon13 consisted of a 4 metre long, solid fuelled, Deacon rocket ...
David Leverington, 2000
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Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text
Not Viking I1 550 250 Tower currently used for sounding purposes Aerobee 70 120 Tower Used extensively Aerobee-Hi 70 240 Tower I during the 1950's Deacon Rockoon Up to 25 60—120 Rocket launched Plastic balloon and solid from ...
John Marshall, R. Alan Plumb, 1965
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An Interim Bibliography on the International Geophysical Year
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ROCKOON FIRINGS IN THE ARCTIC. IGY Bulletin, no. 5, Nov. 1957:8-10. Summary of the summer-1957 phase of the State University of Iowa's rock- oon program, with a table of flights; reprinted in Transactions ...
‎1958
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Origins of High-altitude Research in the Navy
... rocket suspended from a balloon at stratospheric altitude. Van Allen began to experiment with the "Rockoon," a solid propellant Deacon rocket hung on a Skyhook balloon and floated at 25 km, from where it could be fired by radio command.
Herbert Friedman, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCKOON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rockoon is used in the context of the following news items.
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LOHAN team preps PRATCHETT mission
Alex described himself as "chuffed to bits" with his prize, especially since he's involved in some kind of rockoon project which will require the services of just such ... «The Register, May 15»
2
FAA speeds up drone flight approvals for firms that don't need them
... we do wish it'd take an equally pragmatic attitude to our Vulture 2 flight – effectively a one-off rockoon mission in restricted airspace over Spaceport America. «The Register, Mar 15»
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How to Get Into Space for Cheap—Use a Balloon
The rockoon idea goes back to the early 1950s. Space scientist James Van Allen—working with the U.S. Air Force—used balloons to loft small instrument ... «War is Boring, Feb 15»
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Berlin Massive bridges the gap between Germany and India through …
Being one of the biggest contingents to visit the country this year, Berlin Massive will feature five powerhouses of talent, B-Boy Ludi Rockoon, hip-hop veteran ... «Daily News & Analysis, Dec 14»
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Воздушные шары будут запускать в космос
Идея Rockoon не нова: первые запуски состоялись в 1949 году. Каталонцы разработали Bloostar – систему, благодаря которой в будущем можно будет ... «Полит.ру, Nov 14»
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zero2infinity bloostar launch vehicle will launch nanosatellites
The rockoon concept is interesting in that the craft would not need to travel through the more dense parts of the atmosphere and would ignite only in the low ... «SlashGear, Oct 14»
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Rocket-Balloon Apparatus from zero2infinity Launching …
This means the “rockoon” (or bloostar, as the company calls it) won't even need to be shaped like a traditional rocket and be streamlined and a set of simple ... «autoevolution, Oct 14»
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zero2infinity mixes balloons and rockets to launch nanosats
The idea of a rocket/balloon or "rockoon" is not new. It dates back to 1949, when the astrophysicist James A. Van Allen and others developed the concept as a ... «Gizmag, Oct 14»
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Компания Zero2Infinity объявила о планах по запуску небольших …
Работа системы типа Rockoon начинается с запуска воздушного шара на высоту стратосферы с последующим использованием трех ступеней ракеты ... «Новости космоса и астрономии, Oct 14»
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Balloon launcher Zero2Infinity Sets Its Sights to the Stars
The Rockoon is a portmanteau, as Lewis Carroll would have said: the blend of the ... The Rockoon system begins with a balloon launch to stratospheric altitudes ... «Universe Today, Oct 14»

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