landing point
Where you touch down
A landing point is where something comes down or touches a surface after flight, descent, or trajectory.
Spacecraft have designated landing points; so do paratroopers and golf balls.
The term extends to figurative arrivals—the place where an argument, negotiation, or decision finally settles: After weeks of back-and-forth, we found a landing point everyone could accept.
- touchdownSix-point gridiron play
- touch downMake contact with ground
- destinationIntended arrival point
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
shore · safe harbor · runway · final approach · target · foothold · anchor · descent · approach · threshold · berth · contact · splashdown · terminus · base · ground · terra firma · impact
landing pointdeparture point
Where a journey originates
starting point · point of origin · point of departure · origin · source
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