SOFT-LAND


Meaning of SOFT-LAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈland ]

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