• space + ship
• (programming operator) From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

spaceship (plural spaceships)

1. (astronautics) A vehicle that flies through space.
2. (cellular automata) A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
3. (programming) The operator <=> in certain programming languages, which compares two values and indicates whether the first is lesser than, greater than, or equal to the second.
   • 2012, Randal Schwartz, Brian Foy, Tom Phoenix, Intermediate Perl, page 142:

     If we reverse the positions of $a and $b, the spaceship will sort in the opposite order […]

• (vehicle) spacecraft

• French: vaisseau spatial, astronef, spationef
• German: Raumschiff, Raumfahrzeug
• Italian: nave spaziale, astronave, spazionave
• Portuguese: nave espacial, espaçonave, astronave
• Russian: косми́ческий кора́бль
• Spanish: nave espacial, astronave