Explore Icesat through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Icesat in a sentence
Icesat meaning
A satellite designed to measure ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics
Using Icesat
- The main meaning on this page is: A satellite designed to measure ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics
Context around Icesat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 15 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Icesat
- In this selection, "icesat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 15 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include nasa s icesat 2 an and the icesat 2 mission. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "icesat" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with icesat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth’s ice. (13 words)
The blasts of laser came from Nasa’s ICESat-2, an orbiting satellite tasked with measuring elevation. (17 words)
The blasts of laser came from Nasa’s ICESat-2, an orbiting satellite tasked with measuring elevation. (17 words)
The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth’s ice. (13 words)
Example sentences (2)
The blasts of laser came from Nasa’s ICESat-2, an orbiting satellite tasked with measuring elevation.
The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth’s ice.