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soft landing
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soft landing
n.
The landing of a space vehicle on a celestial body or on Earth in such a way as to prevent damage or destruction of the vehicle.
soft landing
n
1. (Astronautics) a landing by a spacecraft on the moon or a planet at a sufficiently low velocity for the equipment or occupants to remain unharmed
2. (Economics) a decrease in demand that does not result in a country's economy falling into recession Compare hard landing
Translations
soft landing n (of spacecraft, on moon) → allunaggio morbido; (on earth) → atterraggio morbido (fig) (easy answer) → soluzione f indolore
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Red Sox fans know the difference between soft landings and hard ones and need look no further back than last season to remember a very hard one.
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As things have turned out, there was the softest of soft landings and it was over so quickly that if you blinked, you would have missed it.
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Given historical experience, soft landings would seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
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