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1. (n.) aviation
the design, development, production, operation, or use of aircraft, esp. heavier-than-air aircraft.
2. aviation
military aircraft.
Etymology: (1865–70; < F)
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1. (noun) aviation, air power
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
2. (noun) aviation
the operation of aircraft to provide transportation
3. (noun) aviation, airmanship
the art of operating aircraft
4. (noun) air travel, aviation, air
travel via aircraft
"air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) aviation
the art or science of flying
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. aviation
Design, development, manufacture, and operation of heavier-than-air AIRCRAFT.
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Sense: (the science or practice of) flying in aircraft.
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 Afrikaans: lugvaart |
 Arabic: عِلْم الطَّيَران |
 Bulgarian: авиация |
 Brazilian: aviação |
 Czech: letectví |
 German: die Luftfahrt |
 Danish: flyvning; luftfart |
 Greek: αεροπορία |
 Spanish: aviación |
 Estonian: lennundus |
 Farsi: خلبانی |
 Finnish: ilmailu |
 French: aviation |
 Hebrew: תְעוּפָה |
 Hindi: वैमानिकी |
 Croatian: zrakoplovstvo |
 Hungarian: repülés |
 Indonesian: penerbangan |
 Icelandic: flug |
 Italian: aviazione, aeronautica |
 Japanese: 飛行 |
 Korean: 항공 |
 Lithuanian: aviacija |
 Latvian: aviācija |
 Malay: penerbangan |
 Dutch: luchtvaart |
 Norwegian: luftfart, flyging |
 Polish: lotnictwo |
 Persian: خلبانی |
 Pashto: هوابازی ، هوانوردی |
 Portuguese: aviação |
 Romanian: aviaţie, aeronautică |
 Russian: авиация |
 Slovak: letectvo |
 Slovenian: letalstvo |
 Serbian: avijacija |
 Swedish: flygning, flygkonst, flyg |
 Thai: ศิลปะและศาสตร์ในการบิน |
 Turkish: havacılık |
 Taiwanese: 飛航，航空學，飛行術 |
 Ukrainian: авіація |
 Urdu: ہوا بازی |
 Vietnamese: hàng không |
 Chinese: 航空，航空学 |
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