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midcourse

[ mid-kawrs ]

noun

  1. the middle of a course, course of events, or course of action:

    Congress has already had cause to complain of the court's changing its interpretative rules in midcourse.

  2. Rocketry. the portion of a ballistic trajectory between the end of powered flight and the beginning of the reentry phase.
  3. Aerospace. the portion of a space trajectory between leaving the earth's vicinity and arrival at the desired destination, as another planet.


adjective

  1. happening or done at some point during the journey of a ship, airplane, missile, or spacecraft:

    When the midcourse maneuver was attempted, one engine failed to ignite and caused the space vehicle to tumble.

  2. happening or done in the middle of a course, course of events, or course of action:

    The company is conducting a rigorous midcourse assessment of the process itself.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of midcourse1

First recorded in 1555–65; mid- + course
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Example Sentences

The CBS executives denied that the anchor swap represents a midcourse correction for the show.

First, the address deals almost entirely with the global struggle with the Soviet Union, then in midcourse.

Who would project a serial novel, after Thackeray and Dickens had each fallen in midcourse?

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