rocket scientist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An aerospace engineer.

   • Rocket scientists have calculated that a velocity of seven miles per second, or approximately 25,000 miles per hour, would be necessary for a rocket to escape the earth's gravity.
   • These rocket scientists constitute a valuable nucleus for carrying the peacetime development programs of the Army and Navy.
   • "There was hardly a German sufficiently competent to talk about the V-2 and other big stuff," Grigory Tokady, a Russian rocket scientist sent to investigate immediately after the German defeat, later revealed.
2. 2

   One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing

   One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.

   • You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work.

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