Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a heavier-than-air aircraft. Same as
aeroplane{2}
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixedwings .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Etymologies
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Examples
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The mishap with the airplane is a vehicle to explore how the media reacted and reported on it.
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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A jump in airplane orders pushed demand for durable goods higher last month, but orders for many other items slipped, offering further evidence that U.S. manufacturing is slowing.
Aircraft Push Up Durable-Goods Orders Justin Lahart 2010
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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Over the past four decades, more than 320 fatigue-related incidents have taken nearly 750 lives in airplane crashes alone, according to an analysis by News21, a national university student reporting project, and the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
Transportation safety: Efforts to curb fatigue-related accidents often languish Tessa Muggeridge 2010
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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Over the past four decades, more than 320 fatigue-related incidents have taken nearly 750 lives in airplane crashes alone, according to an analysis by News21, a national university student reporting project, and the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization.
Transportation safety: Efforts to curb fatigue-related accidents often languish Tessa Muggeridge 2010
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Lithium-ion battery fires can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction.
Battery Safety Fight: Pilots Take On Big Business After Deadly Crash AP 2010
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