Spaceship Meaning
/spˈeɪˌsʃɪp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA manned vehicle that flies through space.
nounA finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
Sentence Examples
The spaceship is out of orbit around the moon.
The spaceship made a perfect landing.
CEFR Practice Quiz
One night, a huge alien ____ landed silently in the farmer's cornfield.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the classic science fiction movie, a giant ____ arrived from another galaxy and hovered over the city.
Word Origin & History
* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The spaceships look like a row of threshers harvesting a field of wheat; the thickness in the direction of motion is only about 10 cells."
— 1989 October 26, Richard Schroeppel, “Some recent Life results”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
"We describe software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata."
— 2002, Richard Nowakowski, More Games of No Chance, page 433:
"Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move[…]"
— 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata, page 126:
"If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order[…]"
— 2012, Randal Schwartz, Brian Foy, Tom Phoenix, Intermediate Perl, page 142:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
One night, a huge alien ____ landed silently in the farmer's cornfield.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the classic science fiction movie, a giant ____ arrived from another galaxy and hovered over the city.