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launching

1. present participle and gerund of launch

launching (plural launchings)

1. The act by which something is launched; a launch.

   The launching of the Titanic.

   • 2010, Raymond Friedman, A History of Jet Propulsion, Including Rockets, page 123:

     By 1940 they had conducted 25 successful launchings of A5 rockets, which reached 10 miles altitude and had a range of 12 miles.

• Launch suggests an event at a point in time. Launching suggests a process over time.

• zero-length launching

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