| NOUN | artifact | heavier-than-air craft | a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it |
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| Meaning | A non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it. | |
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| Narrower | airplane, aeroplane, 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) | |
| 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 | |
| helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater | An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | |
| orthopter, ornithopter | heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings | |
| warplane, military plane | An aircraft designed and used for combat | |
| Broader | aircraft | A vehicle that can fly |
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