FLYBY


Meaning of FLYBY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflī-ˌbī ]

noun

( plural flybys )

Date: 1953

1. : a prearranged usually low-altitude flight by one or more airplanes over a public gathering (as an air show)

2.

a. : a flight of a spacecraft past a celestial body (as Mars) close enough to obtain scientific data

b. : a spacecraft that makes a flyby

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.