space age
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.
adj
Redolent of the space age; appearing futuristic or modern.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of space age.
Example Sentences
- "Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age."
- "There are six other Ballard stories and a fragment that deal with space in the early stories, but most of them confirm Ballard's own opinion that the space age is over in the public imagination."
- "When the space age ended, the alien age began. In the early 1990s, the Disney Corporation decided to close down its Mission to Mars ride"
- "But for now, it's hard not to feel like the space age is over. It never really looked anything like the Jetsons promised."
- "A nation on the move needed a space age motif to express its enthusiasm."
- "With its retro 1950s image of Space Age design, Maloof hopes his hotel-casino will become the city's latest hot spot"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
space ages (plural)
space-age (alternative)
more space age (comparative)
most space age (superlative)