- astrogate
- verb1. guide in interplanetary travel• Derivationally related forms: ↑astrogator• Topics: ↑aeronautics, ↑astronautics• Verb Frames:-
Somebody ——s somebody
2. navigate in space• Derivationally related forms: ↑astrogator• Topics: ↑aeronautics, ↑astronautics• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
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\\-ˌgāt\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: astr- + -gate (as in navigate): to guide (as a spaceship or rocket) in interplanetary flight: to navigate in space* * *
—astrogation, n. —astrogator, n./as"treuh gayt'/, v.i., v.t., astrogated, astrogating.to navigate in outer space.[ASTRO- + (NAVI)GATE]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.