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HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heavier-than-air craft mean? 

HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT (noun)
  The noun HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT has 1 sense:

1. a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel itplay

  Familiarity information: HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEAVIER-THAN-AIR CRAFT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("heavier-than-air craft" is a kind of...):

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heavier-than-air craft"):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

autogiro; autogyro; gyroplane (an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller)

drone; pilotless aircraft; radio-controlled aircraft (an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)

glider; sailplane (aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces)

chopper; eggbeater; helicopter; whirlybird (an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades)

ornithopter; orthopter (heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings)

military plane; warplane (an aircraft designed and used for combat)


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