liftoff

See also: lift-off and lift off

English

Alternative forms

lift-off

Etymology

Deverbal from lift off.

Noun

liftoff (plural liftoffs)

(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
we have liftoff [in narration of launches]
The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.
- 2011, Robert Strauss, Daddy's Little Goalie, page 53:
  As she was on her approach to the hoop, taking that first Jordanesque liftoff step, her mouth guard fell floorward. Undeterred, she kept going up with the ball in her right hand.

Synonyms

takeoff

Related terms

Translations

the point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground

Bulgarian: излитане (bg) n (izlitane)
Finnish: irtoaminen (fi)
French: décollage (fr) m
German: Start (de) m
Italian: lancio (it) m, partenza (it) f
Portuguese: descolagem (pt) f
Russian: взлёт (ru) m (vzljot)
Spanish: despegue (es) m
Tagalog: paglumpat
Turkish: kalkış (tr)

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