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ultralight

[ adjective uhl-truh-lahyt, uhl-truh-lahyt; noun uhl-truh-lahyt ]

adjective

  1. extremely lightweight in comparison with others of its kind:

    a car with an ultralight engine.

noun

  1. something that is ultralight.
  2. a small, light, lights, inexpensive single-seat airplane that is essentially a motorized hang glider.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ultralight1

First recorded in 1970–75; ultra- + light 2

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Example Sentences

They fly in front of the birds in ultralight planes from Wisconsin to Florida wearing these suits.

Communication, even at ultralight velocities, would be necessarily slow.

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