aer·o·plane (âr  -pl n)n. Chiefly British Variant of airplane. |
aeroplane [ˈɛərəˌpleɪn] US and Canadian, airplane [ˈɛəˌpleɪn]
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings
[from French aéroplane, from aero- + Greek -planos wandering, related to planet]
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| Noun | 1. |  aeroplane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" airliner - a commercial airplane that carries passengers amphibious aircraft, amphibian - an airplane designed to take off and land on water biplane - old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) delta wing - an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency attack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) hangar queen - an airplane with a bad maintenance record heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it cowl, cowling, bonnet, hood - protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" dip circle, inclinometer - a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) landing gear - an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground monoplane - an airplane with a single wing multiengine airplane, multiengine plane - a plane with two or more engines navigation light - light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip propeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propeller radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves reconnaissance plane - a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination hydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" ski-plane - an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield tanker plane - an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire windscreen, windshield - transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift atomic number 22, Ti, titanium - a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite prang - crash hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" |
aeroplane
Translations
aeroplane
n (Brit) → Flugzeug nt
n aeroplane [ˈeərəplein]
(often abbreviated toplane American ˈairplane ) a machine for flying which is heavier than air and has wings. vliegtuig طَائِرَه، طَيِّارَه самолет letadlo flyvemaskine; fly das Flugzeug αεροπλάνο avión lennuk هواپیما lentokone avion מָטוֹס वायुयान, हवाई जहाज zrakoplov repülőgép pesawat terbang flugvél aeroplano 飛行機 비행기 lėktuvas lidmašīna kapal terbang vliegtuig fly samolot avião самолёт lietadlo letalo avion flygplan เครื่องบิน uçak 飛機 аероплан, літак ہوائی جہاز máy bay 飞机
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