"ELV" meaning in All languages combined

See ELV on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ELVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ELV (plural ELVs)
  1. (astronautics, space flight) Initialism of expendable launch vehicle (an expendable spacelaunch rocket) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: expendable launch vehicle (extra: an expendable spacelaunch rocket) Hypernyms: LV Derived forms (expendable launch vehicle): EELV (english: evolved expendable launch vehicle) Related terms (expendable launch vehicle): LV (english: launch vehicle), RLV (english: reusable launch vehicle)

Inflected forms

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        }
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Astronautics",
          "orig": "en:Astronautics",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rocketry",
          "orig": "en:Rocketry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Space",
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        {
          "english": "evolved expendable launch vehicle",
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        }
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      ],
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        }
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        ],
        [
          "space flight",
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        ],
        [
          "expendable",
          "expendable#English"
        ],
        [
          "launch vehicle",
          "launch vehicle#English"
        ]
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "expendable launch vehicle",
          "translation": "reusable launch vehicle",
          "word": "RLV"
        }
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        "astronautics",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
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      "translation": "evolved expendable launch vehicle",
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    }
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    }
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        "en:Rocketry",
        "en:Space"
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      ],
      "hypernyms": [
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        }
      ],
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        [
          "astronautics",
          "astronautics"
        ],
        [
          "space flight",
          "space flight"
        ],
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          "expendable",
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        ],
        [
          "launch vehicle",
          "launch vehicle#English"
        ]
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      ],
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        "astronautics",
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