The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Used in a Sentence
touchdown
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for touchdown.
Editorial note
Say the score is 13-14, and the team with 14 just scored a touchdown.
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of touchdown gathered in one view.
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for touchdown.
noun
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
noun
(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
noun
(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
noun
(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
Example sentences
Say the score is 13-14, and the team with 14 just scored a touchdown.
If any one of these things doesn't happen, it's probably a touchdown or at worst an incomplete pass.
Their website says that they employ solid landing rockets just before touchdown, similar to the Soyuz.
Perhaps it could have an XY stage that could help compensate for residual X,Y or X,Y roll rates at touchdown.
In all fairness, Steve Wozniak MAY have kissed the prom queen or threw a touchdown pass...
The plane will even apply breaking thrust after touchdown and bring the plane to a stop.
There is always some extra fuel and oxidizer, as it is used to slow the vehicle, and is needed until touchdown.
On the 9th shuttle flight there was a leak and fire of two out of three of the APUs right at touchdown.
Team A scores a touchdown (6 points) and attempts to kick an extra point.
You have to cancel your velocity right at touchdown, with little margin for error.
It takes good hand-eye coordination to throw a touchdown and bowl a strike.
If they don't make the 2pt, they're still up by a touchdown.
Quote examples
Look at the significant angle between the rocket body and the velocity vector (as indicated by the contrail) and you can see how the rocket isn't just falling ballistically but is "flying" towards its intended touchdown point.
From the SpaceX twitter account: "After Dragon and Falcon 9’s second stage are on their way to orbit, the first stage will execute a controlled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, targeting touchdown on an autonomous spaceport drone ship approximately nine minutes after launch." So it sounds like if you stay tuned for nine minutes after the launch you can see the booster stage attempt to land!
Football isn't the same as basketball but the players are doing a lot more than just "running into each other." As one example, wide receivers are often engaged in tactical mind-games with defensive backs, fighting for the millisecond-grained advantage off the line of scrimmage that makes the difference between a touchdown and an intercepted pass.
Proper noun examples
Touchdown has always been buggy (it loves to go into battery-draining fits) and is extremely buggy on Lollypop.
Touchdown will take care of Calendar, Email, and Contacts with exchange.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use touchdown in a sentence?
Say the score is 13-14, and the team with 14 just scored a touchdown.
What does touchdown mean?
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
What part of speech is touchdown?
touchdown is commonly used as noun.