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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation liquid oxygen

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Examples

  • LOX is dirt cheap on Earth; aerospace hardware is very expensive.

    Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch 2009

  • Let Me Fly IN THE SPRING OF 1996, RUFF RYDERS PUT OURSELVES officially on the map by signing Jadakiss, Sheek, and Styles (now called the LOX) to a recording contract with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Entertainment.

    EARL -The Autobiography of DMX Fontaine, Smokey D. 1984

  • When doing a crossword with a three-letter answer beginning with L and the clue is "fragrant gift," chances are the answer they are looking for is not "LOX," although it should be.

    - 2009

  • The newspaper said the enzyme, called LOX, is "cruci

    unknown title 2009

  • Dr Alexis Willett, head of policy at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "This early stage research in cells and mice increases our understanding of how breast cancers develop and grow and suggests that enzymes such as LOX could be a potential target in the treatment of breast cancer.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • Imagine if it had used a LH2/LOX first stage, something to think about.

    Sen. Shelby's Crusade Against Commercial Space - NASA Watch 2009

  • Kerosene/LOX are perfectly good propellants for first stages.

    Ares Costs: Just Pick a Number - NASA Watch 2009

  • In fact, I'd like to see the moon base and a LOX plant already remotely assembled and shielded on the lunar surface before the first astronauts even arrive.

    Moon Outpost or Bust - NASA Watch 2009

  • Re: Kavenaugh's to @Lowly Contractor's retort regarding Delta IV's development being helped by having Russian engines - Delta IV uses the RS-68 a made in America LOX-H2 engine.

    Ares Troubles Mount - NASA Watch 2009

  • LOX, kerosene and gimbaled engines, now there's an idea ..

    One Tenth Scale Saturn V to Fly - NASA Watch 2009

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  • rocketry - liquid oxygen

    March 31, 2017