All 22 Uses
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- I'll vent it into the Hab via the highly scientific method of detaching the tank from the MAV landing struts, bringing it into the Hab, then opening the valve until it's empty.†
p. 29.2detaching = separating
- So after autodeploying, they detached themselves from the rovers and lined up next to each other twenty meters away?†
p. 55.1 *detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- The cabling was easy to detach, too, just a couple of complicated plugs.†
p. 68.3
- She detached it from the MAV, drove four kilometers away, and buried it.†
p. 74.7detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- So today, I detached one of the Hab's two 25-liter liquid oxygen tanks and brought it into the rover.†
p. 78.8
- The next day, he detached fourteen solar cells and stacked them on the rover's roof.†
p. 80.9
- If we made the heat shield and outer hull detachable, they could ditch a lot of weight after landing at Ares 3, and have a lighter ship for the traverse to Ares 4.†
p. 84.8detachable = able to be separated (from something else)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- When it gets too hot I detach the insulation duct-taped to the hull.†
p. 96.2
- I detached a strut from the MAV platform and dragged it over to the rover.†
p. 108.5detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- I detached the battery and headed back inside.†
p. 110.7
- Later, it released a parachute and detached the now-expended shield.†
p. 151.6
- Running low on time, I detached the helmet.†
p. 168.8
- Then I detached twenty-eight panels from the solar farm and dragged them to the rover.†
p. 238.1
- The solar cells were still detached from the farm, so I had to leave the Hab in low-power mode.†
p. 239.6
- I detached two of them.†
p. 241.8
- There was no way for me to get out without detaching the bedroom, and no way to attach and pressurize the bedroom without being inside the rover.†
p. 267.9detaching = separating
- Then I detach it from the outer hatch and close the outer door.†
p. 281.9
- It's a complicated process, but it detaches the bedroom without having to depressurize the rover cabin.†
p. 282.1detaches = separates
- I detached two of my solar cells and hooked them up to the power loggers.†
p. 301.4detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
- They're firmly fixed in place, so it's not like I can detach one and attach it to the bedroom.†
p. 306.9
- The crew of the good rover detaches the pop-tent from the breached rover and reattaches it to theirs.†
p. 307.3detaches = separates
- Also, since the trailer detached, there's a good chance it's fucked up, too.†
p. 313.2detached = separated OR emotionally uninvolved (separated from emotions)
Definitions:
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(1)
(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)