Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces.
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- adjective of an aircraft
Weighing more than thevolume ofair which itdisplaces . - adjective Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces
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Examples
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It wasn't long until the military opened bids for what were then called "heavier-than-air" flying machines.
News 2011
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It wasn't long until the military opened bids for what were then called "heavier-than-air" flying machines.
News 2011
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It wasn't long until the military opened bids for what were then called "heavier-than-air" flying machines.
News 2011
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That way lies scientistic dismissals of heavier-than-air flight because this would clearly be in contravention of the law of gravity.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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ÂSometimes it is a "stupid stoner" who doesn't understand evaporated butane is a heavier-than-air gas that pools on the floor near pilot lights, switches, and electric heaters.
Russ Belville: The Top Ten "Stupid Stoner Stories" of 2011 Russ Belville 2012
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It inaugurated the world†™ s first transatlantic heavier-than-air service, and carried passengers and cargo around the globe in the 1930†™ s and 1940†™ s.
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It is helpful to go back to the work of the Wright brothers, whose invention of a true heavier-than-air flying machine was one kind of precursor to the Mars Landers.
Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific Daniel B. Botkin 2011
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Going back another 50 years, according to Wikipedia at least, not much of note seems to have happened in 1909, apart from the first flight across the English channel by heavier-than-air craft.
2009 Crystal Ball « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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But the world wanted more: the successful flight of a heavier-than-air craft between the U.S. and Europe.
A Race Across the Pond Dan Ford 2011
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Sometimes it is a "stupid stoner" who doesn't understand evaporated butane is a heavier-than-air gas that pools on the floor near pilot lights, switches, and electric heaters.
Russ Belville: The Top Ten "Stupid Stoner Stories" of 2011 Russ Belville 2012
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