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gyroplane

n. 1 Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings 2 An autogyro

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gyroplane

n. an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller [syn: autogiro, autogyro]

Usage examples of "gyroplane".

When the rotor reached liftoff thrust, Gabhart released the skid clamps and the gyroplane rocketed into the air.

As the gyroplane jumped off the trailer and into the night sky, he addressed the passenger sitting in the contour chair directly behind him.

These ranged from a gigantic tri-motored speedship that could attain nearly three hundred miles an hour, to a pair of true gyroplanes, which could rise vertically.