Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various very light recreational aircraft having a single seat or two seats, a very small engine, and usually a fixed wing. Early ultralights were essentially motorized hang gliders.
- adjective Very light.
- adjective Relating to or being an ultralight.
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- adjective Extremely
light ;weighing very little, of utmost lightness. - noun an
aircraft thatweighs very little
Etymologies
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Examples
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Since the sixties certain "ultralight" planes had been equipped with rescue parachutes for the planes as a whole.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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Since the sixties certain "ultralight" planes had been equipped with rescue parachutes for the planes as a whole.
Freedom of the Skies 2001
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Anyway you guys that are interested in ultralight fishing go to Cabelas and look at the falcon panfish rod they are about $70 dollars for a 6 foot one but they are American made and very well priced
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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It may also be bought fully assembled and operated as an 'ultralight' rotorcraft.
Aero-News Network 2010
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