spaceship

spaceship

See also: space ship

English

A spaceship

Alternative forms

• space ship

Etymology

space +‎ ship

Noun

spaceship (plural spaceships)

1. (astronautics) A vehicle that flies through space.
2. (computing, mathematics, cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
   • 2002, Richard Nowakowski, More Games of No Chance, page 433:

     We describe software that searches for spaceships in Conway's Game of Life and related two-dimensional cellular automata.

   • 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata, page 126:

     Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move […]

3. (programming) The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
   • 2012, Randal Schwartz, Brian Foy, Tom Phoenix, Intermediate Perl (page 142)

     If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order […]

Synonyms

• (vehicle): spacecraft

Hypernyms

• ship

Hyponyms

(vehicle):

• generation ship
• space station
• starship

(pattern):

• glider
• oblique spaceship
  • knightship

Translations

vehicle that flies through space

Afrikaans: ruimteskip Albanian: anije kozmike f Arabic: سَفِينَة فَضَائِيَّة‎ f (safīna faḍāʾiyya), مَرْكَبَة فَضَائِيَّة‎ f (markaba faḍāʾiyya) Armenian: տիեզերանավ (hy) (tiezeranav) Asturian: nave espacial (ast) f, astronave (ast) f Azerbaijani: kosmik gəmisi Basque: espazio-ontzi Belarusian: касмі́чны карабе́ль m (kasmíčny karabjélʹ) Bengali: মহাকাশযান (môhakaśôĵan), কাশযান (kaśôĵan) Bulgarian: косми́чески ко́раб m (kosmíčeski kórab) Burmese: အာကာသယာဉ် (my) (akasa.yany) Catalan: nau espacial f, astronau f Chinese: Mandarin: 太空船 (zh) (tàikōngchuán), 飛船／飞船 (zh) (fēichuán), 宇宙飛船／宇宙飞船 (zh) (yǔzhòu fēichuán) Czech: kosmická loď f Danish: rumskib n; rumfartøj (da) Dutch: ruimteschip (nl) n; ruimtetuig (nl) n, ruimtevaartuig (nl) Esperanto: kosmoŝipo, spacoŝipo Estonian: kosmoselaev Finnish: avaruusalus (fi) French: vaisseau spatial (fr) m, véhicule spatial (fr) m, spationef (fr) m, astronef (fr) m Galician: nave espacial f, astronave (gl) f Georgian: კოსმოსური ხომალდი (ḳosmosuri xomaldi), კოსმიური ხომალდი (ḳosmiuri xomaldi) German: Raumschiff (de) n; Raumfahrzeug (de) n Greek: διαστημόπλοιο (el) n (diastimóploio) Gujarati: અંતરિક્ષયાન (antarikṣayān) Hebrew: חללית‎ (he) f (khalalit), סְפִינַת חָלָל‎ (he) f (s'finát khalál), ספינת-חלל‎ Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यान m (antrikṣ yān), अंतरिक्ष जहाज़ m (antrikṣ jahāz) Hungarian: űrhajó (hu), űreszköz, űrjármű (hu) Icelandic: geimskip (is) n; geimfar (is) Ido: spaconavo (io), spaco-navo Indonesian: pesawat luar angkasa, pesawat ruang angkasa Interlingua: astronave, nave spatial; vehiculo spatial Irish: spásárthach m Italian: nave spaziale f, astronave (it) f, spazionave f Japanese: 宇宙船 (ja) (うちゅうせん, uchūsen), 宇宙機 (うちゅうき, uchūki), 宇宙旅行船 (うちゅうりょこうせん, uchūryokōsen) Kalmyk: сансрин өңһц (sansrin öngğts) Kazakh: ғарыш кемесі (ğaryş kemesı) Khmer: យានអវកាស (yiən ʼaʼvĕəʼkaah), តារាយាន (taaraa yiən) Korean: 우주선(宇宙船) (ko) (ujuseon) Kyrgyz: космостук кемеси (kosmostuk kemesi) Lao: ຍານອະວະກາດ (nyān ʼa wa kāt) Latvian: kosmosa kuģis m Lithuanian: kosminis laivas (lt) m, erdvėlaivis m Low German: German Low German: Ruumschipp n; Ruumfohrtüüg n Luxembourgish: Raumschëff n Macedonian: вселенски брод m (vselenski brod) Malay: kapal angkasa lepas Malayalam: ബഹിരാകാശവാഹനം (bahirākāśavāhanaṃ) Maltese: vettura spazjali Maori: waka ātea, waka tuarangi Mongolian: сансрын хөлөг (sansryn xölög) Navajo: yá biyiʼgóó náádadiilwoʼígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: romskip n; (spacecraft) romfartøy n Nynorsk: romskip n, (spacecraft) romfartøy n Occitan: astronau Persian: کشتی فضایی‎ (kašti-ye fazâyi), فضاپیما‎ (fa) (fazapeima) Polish: statek kosmiczny (pl) m, pojazd kosmiczny m Portuguese: nave espacial f, espaçonave (pt) f, astronave Romanian: navă cosmică f Russian: косми́ческий кора́бль (ru) m (kosmíčeskij koráblʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свемирски брод m Roman: svemirski brod m Slovak: kozmická loď f Slovene: vesoljska ladja f Spanish: nave espacial f, astronave (es) f Swedish: rymdskepp (sv) n; rymdfarkost (sv) c Tagalog: sikpaw Tajik: киштии кайҳонӣ (kištiyi kayhonī) Tamil: விண்கலம் (ta) (viṇkalam) Telugu: అంతరిక్ష నౌక (te) (antarikṣa nauka) Thai: ยานอวกาศ (yaan-à-wá-gàat) Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན་འཕུར་གྲུ ('jig rten 'phur gru) (lit. universe-flying-ship) Turkish: uzay gemisi (tr), atılgan (tr) Turkmen: kosmos gämisi Ukrainian: космі́чний корабе́ль m (kosmíčnyj korabélʹ) Urdu: خلائی جہاز‎ m (xalāī jahāz) Uzbek: kosmik kemasi Vietnamese: phi thuyền, tàu vũ trụ (vi), phi thuyền không gian, thiết bị vũ trụ Volapük: stelanaf, levalanaf, lespadanaf, kosmonaf, sinaf (vo) Welsh: llong ofod (cy) f Yiddish: קאָסמאָסשיף‎ f (kosmosshif)

See also

• flying saucer
• spacecraft
• starship
• UFO

Further reading

• spaceship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia