Pronunciation: - ' land
Function: verb
Etymology: back-formation from soft landing
Date: 1960
transitive verb : to cause to make a soft landing on a celestial body (as the moon)
intransitive verb : to make a soft landing
– soft-lander noun
Pronunciation: - ' land
Function: verb
Etymology: back-formation from soft landing
Date: 1960
transitive verb : to cause to make a soft landing on a celestial body (as the moon)
intransitive verb : to make a soft landing
– soft-lander noun
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012