No. 6,714 in Russian
rocket
A missile, spacecraft, or vehicle propelled by rocket engines.
In a sentence
Ракета взлетела в небо через несколько секунд.
The rocket launched into the sky within seconds.
Subject of the sentence, referring to a space vehicle.
Её карьера набирает скорость, словно ракета.
Her career is gaining momentum like a rocket.
Used metaphorically to describe fast movement or progression.
Мы построили модель ракеты для школьного проекта.
We built a rocket model for a school project.
Describes a small-scale physical representation of a rocket, emphasizing its contextual meaning in educational activity.
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