RESEARCH ROCKET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A rocket fired for test purposes

Synonyms:

research rocket; test instrument vehicle; test rocket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("research rocket" is a kind of...):

projectile; rocket (any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "research rocket"):

sounding rocket (a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes)

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