Spaceship

Quick meaning: Spaceship is a noun meaning (astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

Meaning

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

More Meanings

1. (cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
2. (programming) The operator in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
3. (slang) A computer.

Example Sentences

If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order[…]

We describe software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata.

The spaceships look like a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells.

Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move[…]

Word Forms

• spaceships
• space ship

Synonyms for spaceship

Depending on context, synonyms include spacecraft.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spacecraft, astronaut, starship, spaceflight, mothership, battleship.

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