"extravehicular activity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extravehicular activities [plural], as EVA [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} extravehicular activity (countable and uncountable, plural extravehicular activities)
  1. Any activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft etc; a spacewalk or moonwalk. Wikipedia link: extravehicular activity Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Space Translations (work outside of spacecraft): 艙外活動 (Chinese Mandarin), 舱外活动 (cāngwài huódòng) (Chinese Mandarin), aluksen ulkopuolinen toiminta (Finnish), activité extravéhiculaire [feminine] (French), AEV [feminine] (French), EVA [feminine] (French), sortie extravéhiculaire [feminine] (French), Außenbordeinsatz [masculine] (German), 船外活動 (sengaikatsudō) (alt: せんがいかつどう) (Japanese), atividade extraveicular [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-extravehicular_activity-en-noun-Jsf4~ge6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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