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Definition of Rocket scientist
1. Noun. A clever thinker. "You do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out"
2. Noun. An engineer who builds and tests rockets.
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist
Specialized synonyms: Braun, Von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian Von Braun, Wernher Von Braun
Definition of Rocket scientist
1. Noun. a colloquial term for an astronautical engineer ¹
2. Noun. (context: countable idiomatic) Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket Scientist
Literary usage of Rocket scientist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"... as one rocket scientist remembered, "the impact of the reentering V-2 resulted
in its total disappearance at the bottom of a huge crater. ..."
2. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"The first flight was unsuccessful because, as one rocket scientist remembered, "the
impact of the reentering V-2 resulted in its total disappearance at the ..."
3. Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"It does not take a rocket scientist. It only takes a biomédical scientist. Mr.
SHAYS. You have a right to be frustrated. you take issue with testimony ..."
4. Aviation Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by Slade Gorton (2000)
"It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that with an increased number
of flights and a steady accident rate we will have more fatalities, ..."
5. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the profit margins of processing
crude oil are virtually independent of the price of the raw product. ..."
6. State of the Petroleum Industry: Congressional Hearing edited by Frank H. Murkowski (2000)
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that the profit margins of processing
crude oil are virtually independent of the price of the raw product. ..."
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