- the science and technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rock•et•ry /ˈrɑkɪtri/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Rocketrythe science of rocket design, development, and flight.
rock•et•ry
(rok′i trē),USA pronunciation n.
- Rocketrythe science of rocket design, development, and flight.
- rocket1 + -ry 1925–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rocketry /ˈrɒkɪtrɪ/ n
'rocketry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
oxidant
- abort
- aerodynamic trajectory
- afterbody
- afterburning
- Agena
- air log
- Ariane
- aspect ratio
- astrionics
- atmospheric braking
- augmenter
- ballistic missile
- bipropellant
- blaze
- block house
- boil-off
- booster
- burnout
- centaur
- charge
- chicken switch
- composite
- cutoff
- destructor
- doghouse
- downrange
- egads button
- escape
- escape velocity
- exhaust velocity
- fineness ratio
- free ascent
- gantry
- Goddard
- grain
- hold
- inhibitor
- ion propulsion
- IUS
- jetavator
- liftoff
- midcourse
- nose cone
- Oberth
- ogive
- pad
- posigrade rocket
- pushover
- RATO