The Hindu Editorial (Dark side of the moon) – Jan 04, 2019
China joined a select group of countries with successful missions to the moon, when its spacecraft, Chang’e-4, successfully made a landing at ‘10.26 on January 3’, according to the China National Space Administration. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Dark side of the moon) – Jan 04, 2019.
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Dark side of the moon) – Jan 04, 2019
- Von Kármán crater (noun) – it is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon.
- crater (noun) – cavity, hole, hollow.
- payload (noun) – it can be a satellite, space probe, or spacecraft carrying instruments and others which are (not fuels) used for a rocket’s operation.
- collaboration (noun) – cooperation, alliance, partnership.
- pave the way (phrase) – prepare the way for, make preparations for, get ready for.
- next door to (phrase) – beside, alongside, at the side of.
- evolution (noun) – development, advancement, growth/rise.
- planetary (adjective) – space, astronomical, celestial.
- exoplanet (noun) – a planet around a star other than the sun.
- (meteorite) collision (noun) – impact event; a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
- meteorite (noun) – a large rock or metal from the outer space passing through the atmosphere and finally landing on Earth’s surface like a meteor (falling star).
- bombard (verb) – attack, hit, bomb/shell.
- lava (noun) – hot molten/semi-fluid from the volcano (an opening in the Earth’s/planet’s crust that allows material warmer than its surroundings to escape from its interior).
- gush (verb) – pour, surge, flow.
- erasure (noun) – obliteration, removal, eradication/wiping out.
- dichotomy (noun) – disunion, difference, disagreement.
- emanate from (verb) – emerge from, originate from, stem from.
- interpret (verb) – understand, construe, explain/regard.
- haven (noun) – place of safety/security, refuge.
- earthly (adjective) – feasible, possible, likely.
- Big Bang (noun) – (relating to big bang theory) the cosmic expansion which marked the origin of the universe.
- soft landing (noun) – a landing by a spacecraft on the moon or a planet without any damage/destruction incurred to the vehicle.
- underline (verb) – highlight, mark, pick out.
- herald (verb) – signal, indicate, announce/usher in.
- lunar (adjective) – it refers to the Moon.
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