Meaning of droneship | Babel Free
/ˈdɹəʊnˌʃɪp/Definitions
A ship that can operate autonomously or telerobotically, like a drone, without a crew onboard.
Examples
“2015, Alan Yuhas, The Guardian, 14 April 2015, SpaceX fails in third attempt to land reusable Falcon 9 rocket on barge, Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival […]”
“SpaceX also attempted droneship rocket landings several times in 2015 in the Atlantic Ocean, but was unsuccessful. […]”
“In the very early hours of Friday morning, a high-velocity Falcon 9 rocket landed successfully on a SpaceX droneship in the Atlantic, making history as the first such mission to do so.[…]”
“[…] the rocket then returned to Earth and landed on a remotely piloted platform, known as a droneship […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.