What does lander mean?

Definitions for lander
ˈlæn dərlan·der

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lander.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Landernoun

    a town in central Wyoming

  2. landernoun

    a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet

Wiktionary

  1. landernoun

    A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

  2. landernoun

    A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.

  3. landernoun

    An illegal immigrant.

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  1. lander

    A lander is a spacecraft or vehicle designed to land on the surface of a planet or other celestial bodies. It is equipped with necessary tools, devices and technology to withstand the impact of landing, and then conduct exploration, research or other defined missions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Landernoun

    one who lands, or makes a landing

  2. Landernoun

    a person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore

Wikidata

  1. Lander

    Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The population was 7,487 at the 2010 census.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LANDER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lander is ranked #6535 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lander surname appeared 5,186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Lander.

    85.3% or 4,426 total occurrences were White.
    7.7% or 403 total occurrences were Black.
    4% or 212 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 61 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 46 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.7% or 38 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Anagrams for lander »

  1. darnel

  2. larned

  3. learn'd

  4. enlard

  5. lenard

  6. aldern

  7. randle

  8. reland

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lander in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lander in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of lander in a Sentence

  1. Zhang Rongqiao:

    In 2016, China officially began the Mars exploration mission work, and currently all of the different development work is progressing smoothly, the hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for the Mars lander being carried out today makes up a crucial part of the development process. As scheduled, China's first Mars exploration mission will take place in 2020.

  2. Patrick Martin:

    We would be very surprised to hear from Philae again after so long, but we will keep Rosetta’s listening channel on until it is no longer possible due to power constraints as we move ever further from the Sun towards the end of the mission, philae has been a tremendous challenge and for the lander teams to have achieved the science results that they have in the unexpected and difficult circumstances is something we can all be proud of.

  3. Koen Geurts:

    This sign of life from Philae proves to us that at least one of the lander's communication units remains operational and receives our commands.

  4. Stephan Ulamec:

    Unfortunately, the probability of Philae re-establishing contact with our team at the DLR Lander Control Center is almost zero, and we will no longer be sending any commands, it would be very surprising if we received a signal now.

  5. Matt Taylor:

    We're using that to kind of nail down where we think we should be looking harder, once we get identification of where the lander is, that will give us a better fix on what we believe the illumination conditions are and a better idea of when we should expect the lander to have sufficient illumination to start charging its batteries and come back online.

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