free-flying


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Adj.1.free-flying - able to fly through the air (as a bird); "three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage"
aerial - existing or living or growing or operating in the air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"
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The filed patent outlines the proprietary system and technology that allows the conversion of battery-powered free-flying drones into a tethered drone system with ground-based power.
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They were the first zoo in Europe to launch a first free-flying birds of prey display, in 1963.
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The system, dubbed "(https://www.nasa.gov/astrobee) Astrobee ," is a free-flying robotic system composed of three cube-shaped robots with cute names: Honey, Queen and Bumble.
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KBRwyle will study specific industry concepts like the viability of habitable platforms including the space station and separate free-flying structures.
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Cimon, a free-flying ball-shaped robot with a smiling face, an appreciation of music and a vocabulary of more than 1,000 sentences, is set to join the crew of the International Space Station (ISS).
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These emotions are paralleled in the large, vibrant, brightly coloured illustrations that depict earnest children, beautiful landscapes and endearing bewildered pufflings that transform into magnificent free-flying, diving birds.
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With the new Harken Reflex Furling System, sailors can now confidently furl free-flying spinnakers and gennakers with speed and control.
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DeepOcean used multi-purpose offshore vessel Volantis and UT-1, the world's most powerful free-flying jet trencher, to conduct trenching and survey operations on the Liwan Pipeline.
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Head of visitor services, Richard Smith, said: "Gauntlet, who run the Birds Of Prey display, reported that their hand-reared vulture had hopped onto a softtopped pram during the free-flying display.
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