skylab
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A motorcycle taxi with extension seats on the sides, configured by placing a wooden beam across the pillion.
name
An orbiting workshop and observatory built by NASA.
Example Sentences
- "Two possibilities come to mind: (1) the use of multi-body spacecraft systems, e.g. space stations or shuttle skylabs employing subsatellites and/or passive balloons. (2) the use of cluster system of several small satellites of different size, geometry and surface material."
- "Two aspects of altered immunity must be dealt with before man can exist for extended periods in space capsules, skylabs, or sealabs."
- "What are the scientists up to, apart from perfecting impenetrable food packaging and orbiting skylabs?"
- "With the growing possibility of a global nuclear accident, untold genetic defects, falling skylabs, and the unleasing of powers science cannot control people are once more “off center.”"
- "When asked whether China will launch its own skylabs and space shuttles, Shen Rongjun said: "The ultimate purpose of aerospace technology is to send people into space. […] ""
- "At the very beginning of my time in Lake Sebu the jeepneys coming from the lowland would go until Lëm-Delag. Later on, the barangay officials decided that only skylabs were allowed to carry passengers to Lëm-Delag."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Skylab