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n. A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.
Wikipedia
A hover car is a personal vehicle that flies at a constant altitude of up to few meters (some feet) above the ground and used for personal transportation in the same way a modern automobile is employed. It usually appears in works of science fiction.
In science fiction, it is usually capable of elevating itself some distance from the ground through some repulsion technology, presumably exploiting some short range anti-gravity principle so as to eliminate most friction forces which act against conventional vehicles. The capability of hovering above the ground eliminates the need for tires, and unlike an air-cushion vehicle, it does not produce a dust cloud.
The closest real-world devices are the hovercraft, which elevates itself above a water or level hard surface using a cushion of air retained by a flexible skirt, and the hovertrain, which is a type of high-speed train that replaces conventional steel wheels with hovercraft lift pads, and the conventional railway bed with a paved road-like surface, known as the "track" or "guideway"
Usage examples of "hovercar".
Jessan muttered, as Beka and Ari climbed out of the mock-up hovercar and headed over toward the lift doors.
The hovercar and its attendant swarm entered, bearing Beka and the Professor with them, and the blast doors closed behind them all.
He settled himself on the front bumper of a conveniently parked hovercar, one of a dozen or so littering the grass in front of the house, and set about making the beer last awhile.
Gil brought the Silver Streak hovercar to a stop under the portico of the Bres estate.
In the farthest monitor to the left, he could make out the image of a long, armored hovercar pulling out through a wide garage door.
The long door through which the hovercar had made its exit earlier was sliding down as Ari and Llannat approached.
Mark VI hit the passenger-seat window of the hovercar and dissipated in a splash of crimson light.
He lifted his chin toward Alema, who was still crouched behind the hovercar burning holes in Yuuzhan Vong chests.
He walked around to the rear of the hovercar and touched a spot just above the row of rear turbojets.
He left his crutch behind and with autoshot in hand dove out through the passenger door while the hovercar was still moving.
He sat in the passenger seat of the PKF hovercar and did not look back.
He had once evidently participated in stealing a hovercar to go on a pleasure ride with some of his friends.
As the hovercar took them into the diplomatic section of Sombrelir, however, they began passing older buildings, fantastic edifices of painted pastel brick and dark wrought iron, along broad, clean streets illuminated by warm amber lanterns.
In the holoset, Llannat Hyfid and the reserve lieutenant were entering a sleek hovercar marked with the insignia of the Gyfferan Foreign Ministry.
The door of the hovercar slid closed behind them, and the vehicle sped away from the landing field.