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noun
The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flight, flying
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *fluhti Old English flyht Middle English flight English flight English overflight From over- + flight.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
