aeronautical

[ air-uh-naw-ti-kuhl, -not-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of aeronautics or aeronauts.

Other Words From

• aer·o·nau·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of aeronautical¹

aeronaut + -ical

Example Sentences

“Those diatoms in that diatomite is what gives rise to the oil in Los Angeles” and the automobile and aeronautical industries, Hendy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Raised in an upper-middle-class home in Redondo Beach, the daughter of an aeronautical engineer, Fromme was kicked out of her house as a teenager and met Manson on Venice Beach in 1967.

From Los Angeles Times

David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs and policy, said the Red Arrows represented the UK globally and had "entertained us with spectacular displays of aeronautical excellence".

From BBC

The phenomenon is believed to have been named by an aeronautical engineer who compared it to a traditional ice skating technique made popular in the Netherlands.

From New York Times

Thousands of oceanographers, aeronautical engineers and amateur sleuths have pored over the fragmentary data from the flight, trying to calculate where it ended its journey.

From BBC

Related Words

• aerial
• floating
• soaring