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SPACE STATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
Synonyms:
space laboratory; space platform; space station
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("space station" is a kind of...):
artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)
Instance hyponyms:
Salyut (either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s)
Skylab (United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979)
