Definitions for hovercraft
ˈhʌv ərˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft, ˈhɒv-hov·er·craft

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1. hovercraft, ground-effect machinenoun

   a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

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1. hovercraftnoun

   A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

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1. Hovercraft

   A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference between the higher pressure air below the hull and lower pressure ambient air above it produces lift, which causes the hull to float above the running surface. For stability reasons, the air is typically blown through slots or holes around the outside of a disk- or oval-shaped platform, giving most hovercraft a characteristic rounded-rectangle shape. The first practical design for hovercraft was derived from a British invention in the 1950s. They are now used throughout the world as specialised transports in disaster relief, coastguard, military and survey applications, as well as for sport or passenger service. Very large versions have been used to transport hundreds of people and vehicles across the English Channel, whilst others have military applications used to transport tanks, soldiers and large equipment in hostile environments and terrain. Decline in public demand meant that as of 2021, the only public hovercraft service in the world still in operation serves between the Isle of Wight and Southsea in the UK.Although now a generic term for the type of craft, the name Hovercraft itself was a trademark owned by Saunders-Roe (later British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC), then Westland), hence other manufacturers' use of alternative names to describe the vehicles. The standard plural of hovercraft is hovercraft (in the same manner that aircraft is both singular and plural).

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1. hovercraft

   A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a type of vehicle that can travel over various types of surfaces by floating slightly above the ground due to high-pressure air ejected downwards towards the surface. This cushion of air is usually contained within a "skirt". Hovercrafts are used in various capacities like transport, leisure activities, military operations and rescue missions. They are particularly useful in terrain where other vehicles struggle, such as swamp areas, water, ice, or desert.

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1. Hovercraft

   A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. Hovercraft are hybrid vessels operated by a pilot as an aircraft rather than a captain as a marine vessel. They operate by creating a cushion of low-pressure, high volume air between the hull of the vessel and the surface below. Typically this cushion is contained within a flexible "skirt". They typically hover at heights between 200 mm and 600 mm above any surface and operate above 20 knots and can clear gradients up to 20 degrees. The first practical design for hovercraft derived from a British invention in the 1950s to 1960s. They are now used throughout the world as specialised transports in disaster relief, coastguard, military and survey applications as well as for sport or passenger service. Very large versions have been used to transport hundreds of people and vehicles across the English Channel whilst others have military applications used to transport tanks, soldiers and large equipment in hostile environments and terrain.

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How to pronounce hovercraft?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hovercraft in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hovercraft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hovercraft in a Sentence

1. Robert Bleischwitz:

   The fans in front help to produce an air cushion, because the wing is tilted like a wedge and so the air is trapped below the wing surface and like a hovercraft it can elevate up at the beginning, so it can really lift off at nearly zero speed. And later you can tilt these thrusters in the front to get into a more streamlined, so which is then in the performance, better. So you use tillable rotors in the front to lift off at lower speed and fly at higher speed.

2. Frank Stephenson:

   If the competitors come out there with their hovercraft or drones or whatever type of vehicles, they'll have their own distinctive look, let the other guys do whatever they want. The last thing I want to do is anything that has been done before.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hovercraft
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hovercraft
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hovercraft