transearthとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

transearth ‎(not comparable)

1. (of a spaceflight または trajectory) Towards the earth from the moon or another planet.

   After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.

語源 2

From trans- +‎ earth.

動詞

transearth ‎(三人称単数 現在形 transearths, 現在分詞 transearthing, 過去形および過去分詞形 transearthed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To transplant
   • 1904, Owen Felltham, ‎William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves:

     As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.