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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT LANDING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT LANDING

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Soft landing 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 SOFT LANDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of soft landing in the English dictionary

The definition of soft landing in the dictionary is a landing by a spacecraft on the moon or a planet at a sufficiently low velocity for the equipment or occupants to remain unharmed. Other definition of soft landing is a decrease in demand that does not result in a country's economy falling into recession.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT LANDING

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT LANDING

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Synonyms and antonyms of soft landing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soft landing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT LANDING

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

Translator English - Chinese

软着陆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aterrizaje suave
570 millions of speakers

English

soft landing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरम लैंडिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هبوط ناعم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкая посадка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soft landing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম অবতরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

atterrissage en douceur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendaratan lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiche Landung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトランディング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연착륙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus landing
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hạ cánh mềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான இறங்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ लँडिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumuşak iniş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

atterraggio morbido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękkie lądowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´яка посадка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aterizare moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομαλή προσγείωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte landing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjuklandning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk landing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft landing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT LANDING»

The term «soft landing» is regularly used and occupies the 102.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT LANDING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT LANDING»

Discover the use of soft landing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft landing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety
Soft Landing will: Sort out the promise and perils facing the airlines Analyze and articulate the potential impact of changes in the aviation industry on passengers, airports, governments, the global economy, and the airlines themselves ...
Andrew R. Thomas, 2011
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Achieving a Soft Landing: The Role of Fiscal Policy
This paper utilizes an open-economy New Keynesian overlapping generations model to assess the extent to which fiscal policy, along side an inflation-forecast-based monetary policy, could enhance macroeconomic stability in Colombia.
Daniel Leigh, 2008
3
Soft Landing Learning
A practical guide for both parents and novice teachers for any language. A bit of theories of experts together with lots of practical ideas on how to play with children and what to do to make their learning more enjoyable and meaningful.
Rania Foka, 2012
4
The Soft Landing Method - A step by step guide to stopping ...
This is a decision for you and your doctor. Antidepressants help a lot of people around the world get their life back and regain the ability to enjoy living again.
Benjamin Kramer, 2014
5
Reactive and Soft Landing of Polyatomic Gas-phase Ions on ...
Research results that open new paths to potential applications of soft and reactive landing are described in the last chapter.
Michael Volný, 2006
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A Soft Landing: How One Woman Survived a Collision Course ...
As A Soft Landing opens, Stacey Blake tries to process her instant life-changing diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
Stacey Blake, 2013
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New Scientist
The third stage involves soft-landing sophisticated instruments capable of detailed surface analysis: an example is the Viking spacecraft. In planning a mission to the asteroids, we have to consider all three of these options. A soft- landing ...
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Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs
Providing. 'Soft-Landing'. Programs. for. Separated. Employees. While DoD's data indicate that the number of employees involuntarily separated from competitive sourcing is low, it is still important for government agencies to provide these ...
John M. Kamensky, Albert Morales, 2006
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Soft Landing
In keeping with the tale's sour vision of a crumbling present, the landing though soft, is not pleasant. 'In Fraser's fiction the reader rides as on a switchback or luge of impetuous attention, with effects flashing by at virtuoso speeds.
John Fraser, 2014
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Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and ...
9.4 SOFT LANDING AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION The ®nal element of a human exploration programme with which we have to deal is the soft landing on the Moon or perhaps Mars. Earth is blessed with a thick atmosphere, which, as we ...
Martin J. L. Turner, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT LANDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soft landing is used in the context of the following news items.
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CME boss losing faith in Fed hike soft landing
Terry Duffy, president and executive chairman at CME Group, said Tuesday he's "not as optimistic" that the Federal Reserve will be able to engineer a ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
2
Watch second SpaceX landing attempt also end in explosion
Early video showed a relatively soft landing for the Falcon 9 rocket before it reportedly tipped over. But that second landing was not so soft, a new video shows. «CNET, Apr 15»
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SpaceX Faces Hard Truth about Soft Landings—They're Tough to Do
The company had been hoping for a softer vertical landing so that the Falcon 9 ... And, despite its two less-than-stellar soft-landing attempts, it seems to have a ... «Scientific American, Apr 15»
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SpaceX rocket launch scrubbed at Cape
As the satellite goes up, interest will turn to the first stage of the rocket coming down. SpaceX intends to power it down to a soft landing on an unmanned barge. «Orlando Sentinel, Feb 15»
5
Dramatic Video Shows Fiery SpaceX Rocket Crash Landing
... the recent planned “soft landing” of a section of one of its rockets was more like a crash. New video shows the crash landing of a portion of a SpaceX rocket. «KTLA, Jan 15»
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SpaceX Launch: Dragon Craft Successfully In Orbit, But Attempt At …
... the attempt to bring the rocket down in a soft landing to a barge in the ocean off the Florida coast. Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, but landed hard. «International Business Times, Jan 15»
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SpaceX Gets Set for Unprecedented Rocket Landing: Follow Along …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, the SpaceX commercial rocket company will try to bring a rocket back for a soft landing after sending its payload ... «NBCNews.com, Jan 15»
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Daring Philae Comet Landing Named Top Breakthrough of 2014
The first-ever soft landing of a robotic probe the surface of a comet has just been named the top scientific breakthrough of 2014 by the journal Science. «Space.com, Dec 14»
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Touchdown! Comet Landing to Offer Clues to Solar System's Birth
The Rosetta spacecraft, which arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, has successfully sent a probe to complete the first-ever soft landing ... «National Geographic, Nov 14»
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ESA Releases Another Adorable Rosetta Video, Prepares for First …
... Tuesday into Wednesday next week as Rosetta and Philae attempt to make history with the first soft landing on a comet's surface. At 2:30PM EST on Tuesday, ... «The Mary Sue, Nov 14»

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