Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective being in the original position; not having been moved or transferred to another location.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
in situ .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being in the original position; not having been moved
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Examples
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Provide a robust orbital remote sensing and in-situ exploration to determine the true resource potential of the Moon.
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Superadobe and other approaches to in-situ habitats may be simpler than metals extraction for early human surface ops.
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Water makes all life and rocket fuel in-situ & energy for use in-space and as beamed power.
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Water makes all life and rocket fuel in-situ & energy for use in-space and as beamed power.
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If we do this, we can produce food in-situ, which is just as important as in-situ metals.
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Propellant depots, ISRU, in-situ food production, etc. sound good, but the people who control the budget money are lacking in technical sophistication and would just see it as "sci-fi fantasy."
NASA Faces Tough Choices & Needs an Administrator Now - NASA Watch 2009
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It would be far more useful to do a more thorough of in-situ and on-orbit exploration of this diversity.
Mars Sample Return Planetary Protection Report Released - NASA Watch 2009
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For climate change studies we need the help of space geodetic techniques together with traditional in-situ measurements.
Archive 2009-01-01 Bente Lilja Bye 2009
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Propellant depots, ISRU, in-situ food production, etc. sound good, but the people who control the budget money are lacking in technical sophistication and would just see it as "sci-fi fantasy."
NASA Faces Tough Choices & Needs an Administrator Now - NASA Watch 2009
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If we are trying to build a robust lunar outpost then we need some infrastructure on the surface that can leverage the in-situ resources to bootstrap to an industrial capability.
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