air craft

[air-kraft, -krahft]

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noun, plural -craft.

any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, especially powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters.

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Origin:
1840–50; air¹ + craft

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aircraft

1851, originally in ref. to airships and balloons, from air (1) + craft. Aircraft carrier is attested from 1919 (H.M.S. Hermes, launched September 1919, was the first ship to be built from the hull up as an aircraft carrier).

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