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aeroplane
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Word definitions for aeroplane in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, from French aƩroplane (1855), from Greek aero- "air" (see air (n.1)) + stem of French planer "to soar," from Latin planus "level, flat" (see plane (n.1)). Originally in reference to surfaces (such as the protective shell casings of beetles' wings); ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
aeroplane \aer"*o*plane`\ aeroplane \a"["e]r*o*plane`\, n. [a["e]ro- + plane.] (A["e]ronautics) A light rigid plane used in a["e]rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Aeroplane (formerly Aeroplane Monthly ) is a British magazine devoted to aviation, with a focus on aviation history and preservation. Issue 1 of Aeroplane Monthly was published in May 1973 at a cover price of 30p, in association with Flight International ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Australia New Zealand South Africa British English) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. 2 (cx aeronautics archaic English) An airfoil.
Usage examples of aeroplane.
The aeronaut dangled weirdly head downward among the leaves and branches some yards away, and Bert only discovered him as he turned from the aeroplane.
What time is that naval lieutenant coming to look over the Prescott aeroplane, Peggy?
Harding, the banker and local magnate of Sandy Beach, whose money it was that had financed the new aeroplane concern.
In the volume referred to, it was also related how Peter Bell, an old hermit, had been discovered by means of the Prescott aeroplane, and restored to his brother, a wealthy mining magnate.
By the agency of the aeroplane, a mine--otherwise inaccessible--had been opened up by Mr.
The aeroplane and Peggy Prescott played an important part in their adventures and perils.
Notably so, when in a neck-to-neck dash with an express train, the aeroplane won out in a race to file the location papers of the mine at Monument Rocks.
It works by pneumatic power, and does away with the old-fashioned method of starting an aeroplane by twisting the propeller.
But the words had hardly left his lips before the aeroplane was back on a level keel once more.
One of those sudden storms of summer had blown up from the sea, and Peggy knew enough of Long Island weather to know that these disturbances were usually accompanied by terrific winds--squalls and gusts that no aeroplane yet built or thought of could hope to cope with.
Peggy in dragging the aeroplane under the shelter of an open cart-shed.
He was to have taken in the establishment of the Mortlake Aeroplane Company this afternoon.
Of course, he did not ask him his opinion of the Prescott aeroplane, but from remarks Lieut.
He had half a mind to return to the farm and bring the aeroplane home himself.
But the storm came up sharper than ever that evening, and even had he wished to, Roy would have found it impossible to handle the aeroplane alone in the heavy wind that came now in puffs and now in a steady gale.