HyperDic: heavier-than-air_craft

English > 1 sense of the expression heavier-than-air craft:
NOUNartifactheavier-than-air crafta non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it
English > heavier-than-air craft: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it.
Narrowerairplane, aeroplane, planeAn aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
autogiro, autogyro, gyroplaneAn aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades)
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraftAn aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
glider, sailplaneaircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeaterAn aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
orthopter, ornithopterheavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings
warplane, military planeAn aircraft designed and used for combat
BroaderaircraftA vehicle that can fly

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