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An aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
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Synonym of ground-effect machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ground-effect machine
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
地效飛行器 /地效飞行器
— ekranoplan
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Finnish:
maavaikutusalus
— ekranoplan
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German:
Bodeneffektfahrzeug
— ekranoplan
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Polish:
ekranoplan
— ekranoplan
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Polish:
ekranolot
— ekranoplan
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Russian:
экранопла́н
(ekranoplán)
— ekranoplan