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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aeronautics/eərəˈnɔːtɪks/

▶plural noun [usu. treated as sing.] the study or practice of travel through the air.

– derivatives
aeronautic adjective,
aeronautical adjective.

– origin C19: from mod. L. aeronautica ‘matters relating to aeronautics’, from Gk (see aeronaut).

'aeronautics' also found in these Oxford entries:

airdrome - angle of attack - anhedral - aspect ratio - buffet - buffeting - bump - CAB - chord - dihedral - empennage - flutter - form drag - hangar - JATO - leading edge - NASA - rib - roll-out - scramjet - separation - side-slip - STOL - tab - trim tab - volplane

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