zhongshan station
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A research station in Antarctica.
Example Sentences
- "The station will be named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as “Zhongshan Station”.[…] He also took the opportunity to welcome compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Overseas Chinese as well as scientists from friendly countries, to conduct research at the “Great Wall Station” and the future “Zhongshan Station.”"
- "Besides China, which has committed to spending more than $25 million on Plato in the next few years, the collaboration includes astronomers from the United States, Australia and Britain. China will bear the brunt of the logistical work, hauling supplies, equipment and people over land from its Zhongshan station on the Amery Ice Shelf."
- "The Chinese 25th Antarctic expedition team left Zhongshan Station Thursday for the highest icecap on the South Pole to set up the country’s first inland Antarctic research station."
- "In early 2008 a six-tractor caravan left China’s Zhongshan Station, covering the 1300km traverse to Dome A in three weeks to set up the Plateau Observatory (PLATO)."
- "The Chinese base, opened in 1989, was built for research relating to marine, glaciological, geological and atmospheric sciences. But, by 2021, under the guise of civilian research, China reportedly began employing advanced military capabilities, according to the Chinese military expert. "In 2021, state media revealed that China had put a LIDAR — a laser radar — into the Zhongshan station to conduct ‘atmospheric research,'" Fisher told Fox News Digital. "Any kind of laser raises the possibility that the LIDAR could be upgraded to be a far more powerful laser.""
Etymology
Partial calque of Mandarin 中山站 (Zhōngshān Zhàn).