Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that launches, as.
- noun A rifle attachment for firing grenades.
- noun A device, such as an attached tube or a portable unit, for firing rockets.
- noun An aircraft catapult.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a device capable of launching a rocket.
- noun A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier; -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain it in flight when taking off.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which or who
launches . A device which throws something or the person who initiates a launch. - noun application that holds icons or menus for frequently used programs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
- noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
Etymologies
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Examples
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The development cost of that heavy launcher is sunk. primarily thanks to its far better Russian engines
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If NASA was wrong and a COTS EELV crew launcher is safer and cheaper let's see the analysis.
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The new mobile launcher is already being built and one of the pads already have new lightning towers for Constellation.
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So little or no cost savings there, and possibly even a cost increase, since the Ares I mobile launcher is already under construction.
Congressional Budget Office Report on NASA Released - NASA Watch 2009
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I also agree that the recovery of the first stage of the Ares I launcher is a bit overboard.
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The new mobile launcher is already being built and one of the pads already have new lightning towers for Constellation.
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Developing a new, non-commercial launcher is going to keep failing because of simple economics.
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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It can be developed in parallel with Shuttle while the Shuttle phases out and a new EELV or COTS-based crewed launcher is phased in.
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If available, any grenade launcher is widely popular!
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But no matter how the power play is controlled, Gonchar will be the rocket launcher from the point.
USATODAY.com - Gonchar gets to be with, not against, Penguins 2005
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