Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aircraft powered by a conventional propeller and supported in flight by a freewheeling, horizontal rotor that provides lift.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
autogyro .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun aircraft An
aircraft in whichlift is provided by unpoweredrotating wings andthrust is provided by a conventionalpropeller .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Amelia Earhart, he said, once stopped here to refuel during a solo transcontinental autogiro flight.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Amelia Earhart, he said, once stopped here to refuel during a solo transcontinental autogiro flight.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Amelia Earhart, he said, once stopped here to refuel during a solo transcontinental autogiro flight.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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Amelia Earhart, he said, once stopped here to refuel during a solo transcontinental autogiro flight.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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But his autogiro was too fast for their antiquated ships and they lost him.
"Thia of the Drylands" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2009
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But his autogiro was too fast for their antiquated ships and they lost him.
Archive 2009-12-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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My autogiro is over here and we can be in my apartment in no time at all.
"Thia of the Drylands" by Harl Vincent, part 1 Johnny Pez 2009
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Oh, I'll see your Blackberry and raise you an autogiro.
Boing Boing 2006
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Capitol, climbing out of his autogiro after a quick game of golf, see this link.
Boing Boing 2006
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The game is up for him, then, as even though he captures Vincent, who has been dressed as The Shadow, he reckons without The Shadow's autogiro, and explosive entrance through his window many floors up, to effect a rescue.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Death Tower - Maxwell Grant Blue Tyson 2006
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