different between takeoff vs liftoff

English

Alternative forms

• take-off

Etymology

From the verb phrase take off.

Noun

takeoff (countable and uncountable, plural takeoffs)

1. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.

   The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.

2. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.

   Weird Al's song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".

   • 1897, Edward Bellamy, Equality, ch. 23

     I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.

3. A quantification, especially of building materials.

   I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

4. (printing, Britain, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
5. The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
   • Encyclopaedia of Sport

     The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.

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Antonyms

• landing

See also

• take off

Anagrams

• offtake

English

Alternative forms

• lift-off

Etymology

From the verb phrase lift off.

Noun

liftoff (plural liftoffs)

1. (aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
2. The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.
   • 2011, Robert Strauss, Daddy's Little Goalie (page 53)

     As she was on her approach to the hoop, taking that first Jordanesque liftoff step, her mouth guard fell floorward. Undeterred, she kept going up with the ball in her right hand.

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