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noun
Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: airplane
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth
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Synonyms: airplane
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noun
Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: airfoil
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To fly in an aeroplane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To transport by aeroplane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: airplane, plane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heavier-than-air craft
Narrower terms: airliner, amphibian, amphibious aircraft, biplane, bomber, delta wing, fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft, hangar queen, jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane, monoplane, multiengine airplane, multiengine plane, propeller plane, reconnaissance plane, seaplane, hydroplane, ski-plane, tanker plane
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplane Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
