midcourse in English
- midcourse⇄adj. for or during the middle part of the course of a spacecraft, aircraft, or ship.
Ex. During the uneventful, 73-hour coast [of Apollo 11 toward the moon], only one of the four planned midcourse corrections was necessary (William J. Cromie). - midcourse⇄midcourse, adjective, noun.
- midcourse⇄noun the middle part of the trip of a spacecraft, aircraft, or ship.
Ex. The small rocket engine which can manoeuvre the spacecraft slightly in midcourse was needed only to direct Ranger to the sunny rather than the dark side of the moon (London T