spaceborne

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adjective

Operating or traveling in space.

OriginEnglish space ← Middle English space ← Anglo-Norman space →
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Meanings

adjectivespaceborne (not comparable)

alternative space-borne

  1. not comparableOperating or traveling in space.

Origin

  1. Latinspatium
  2. Old Frenchespace
  3. Anglo-Normanspace
  4. Middle Englishspace
  5. Englishspace
  6. Englishspaceborne

From space + -borne.

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Cite this entry
APA

spaceborne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaceborne

MLA

“spaceborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaceborne. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spaceborne,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaceborne.

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