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space-age
1[ speys-eyj ]
adjective
- pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
- using the latest or most advanced technology or design.
- modern; up-to-date; forward-looking.
Space Age
2noun
- the period in modern history characterized by space exploration, usually considered as beginning October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit around the earth.
space age
noun
- the period in which the exploration of space has become possible
adjective
- usually prenominal futuristic or ultramodern, esp when suggestive of space technology
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of space-age1
Example Sentences
“It's a new way of thinking about food production,” says general manager, Kristinn Haflidason as he gives me a tour of the space-age facility.
Los Angeles has Frank Gehry’s glorious Walt Disney Concert Hall, the space-age wonder of the LAX Theme Building and the stack-of-vinyl needle drop that is the Capitol Records building.
In 2008, when The Times assembled a panel of residential architecture experts to choose their favorite L.A. houses of all time, the Eames House finished No. 4, ahead of other landmarks such as John Lautner’s space-age Chemosphere, Greene & Greene’s beloved Gamble House in Pasadena and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House.
It is 50 years since a supermarket chain opened its first petrol station - proudly describing the pumps as "space-age".
Sainsbury's said the six pumps at the on-site, self-service petrol station were "space-age", adding that "unlike most service stations" customers could pay "without getting out of a car".
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