air-cushion vehicle

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air-cushion vehicle

n. Abbr. ACV

A usually propeller-driven vehicle designed for traveling over land or water on a supportive cushion of slowly moving, low-pressure air. Also called ground-effect machine, hovercraft.

air-cushion vehicle

front cutaway view of a flexible skirt model hovercraft

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