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    SPACE STATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific researchplay

    Synonyms:

    space laboratory; space platform; space station

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("space station" is a kind of...):

    artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Salyut (either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s)

    Skylab (United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979)

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