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Definition of Gravity-assist
1. Noun. (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field.
Definition of Gravity-assist
1. Noun. (alternative form of gravity assist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravity-assist
Literary usage of Gravity-assist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Galileo, the Tour Guide: A Summary of the Mission to Date edited by Jean H. Aichele (1997)
"The trajectory was named "VEEGA" for "Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist." A gravity
assist occurs when a spacecraft flies past a massive body at just the ..."
2. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"In other cases, the topography, instead of the traffic, has been reversed at
great cost in order to have gravity assist in the proper direction. ..."
3. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"... cost in order to have gravity assist in the proper direction. This was done
in the new westward yard at Altoona on the Pennsylvania. ..."
4. Yards and Terminals and Their Operation by John Albert Droege (1906)
"In other cases, the topography, instead of the traffic, has been reversed at
great cost, in order to have gravity assist in the proper direction, ..."
5. Yards and Terminals and Their Operation by John Albert Droege (1906)
"In other cases, the topography, instead of the traffic, has been reversed at
great cost, in order to have gravity assist in the proper direction, ..."
6. Blood-pressure by George William Norris (1917)
"The common treatment of syncope by placing the patient recumbent has for its
basis the effort to make gravity assist instead of resist the action of the ..."
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