What does aircraft mean?
Definitions for aircraft
ˈɛərˌkræft, -ˌkrɑftair·craft
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Princeton's WordNet
aircraftnoun
a vehicle that can fly
GCIDE
Aircraftn. sing. & pl.
Any vehicle, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.
Wiktionary
aircraftnoun
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
Etymology: From air + craft.
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Aircraft
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. The human activity that surrounds aircraft is called aviation. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot, but unmanned aerial vehicles may be remotely controlled or self-controlled by onboard computers. Aircraft may be classified by different criteria, such as lift type, propulsion, usage and others.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Aircraft
A weight-carrying structure for navigation of the air that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air against its surfaces. (Webster, 1973)
Editors Contribution
aircraft
A type of vehicle created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
Aircraft vary in design and styles and are amazing to travel on.
Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'aircraft' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1648
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'aircraft' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2541
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'aircraft' in Nouns Frequency: #755
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aircraft in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aircraft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of aircraft in a Sentence
Once on scene investigators will begin the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft, part of the investigation will be to request radar data, weather information, air traffic control communication, airplane maintenance records and the pilot's medical records.
As aviation is a global industry ... it is critical that aircraft emissions standards continue to be agreed at the international level.
Airbus and Boeing have been pretty successful in brainwashing airlines to think they need larger aircraft.
The F-35A will be the most dominant aircraft in our inventory because it can go where our legacy aircraft cannot and provide the capabilities our commanders need on the modern battlefield.
The need for Light Attack Aircraft is an excellent requirement for The Air Force.
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- الطائرات, طائرةArabic
- самолетBulgarian
- বিমানBengali
- aeronauCatalan, Valencian
- letadloCzech
- flyvemaskine, fly, luftfartøjDanish
- LuftfahrzeugGerman
- αεροσκάφοςGreek
- aeronaveSpanish
- õhusõidukEstonian
- hegazkinenBasque
- هواپیماPersian
- lentokone, ilma-alusFinnish
- flogfarFaroese
- aéronefFrench
- fleanmasine, fleantúchWestern Frisian
- aeronavesGalician
- כְּלִי טַיִסHebrew
- repülőgép, repülőHungarian
- օդանավArmenian
- aeronave, avionInterlingua
- pesawat terbangIndonesian
- aeromobileItalian
- 航空機, 飛行機Japanese
- თვითმფრინავიGeorgian
- ವಿಮಾನKannada
- 航空器, 항공기Korean
- lidaparāts, lidmašīnaLatvian
- авион, леталоMacedonian
- ആകാശനൗക, വിമാനംMalayalam
- pesawatMalay
- ajruplanMaltese
- luftfartøyNorwegian
- vliegtuigDutch
- luftfartøyNorwegian Nynorsk
- chidí naatʼaʼíNavajo, Navaho
- bemisemagakOjibwe, Ojibwa
- statek powietrznyPolish
- aeronavePortuguese
- aeronavă, aparat zburător, [[aparat]] [[de]] [[zbor]]Romanian
- воздушное судно, летательный аппарат, самолётRussian
- vazduhoplov, letelica, zrakoplov, letjelica, летелица, летјелицаSerbo-Croatian
- lietadloSlovak
- letalSlovene
- avionAlbanian
- flygplanSwedish
- விமானம்Tamil
- విమానముTelugu
- อากาศยานThai
- hava taşıtıTurkish
- літакUkrainian
- phi cơ, máy bayVietnamese
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