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noun
1.
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
2.
any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.
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aeroplane or (US and Canadian) airplane (ˈɛərəˌpleɪn, ˈɛəˌpleɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings | |
| [C19: from French aéroplane, from | |
| airplane or (US and Canadian) airplane | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French aéroplane, from | |
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Air-plane
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| airplane (ˈɛəˌpleɪn) | |
| —n | |
| (US), (Canadian) Also called: aeroplane a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings | |
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Word Origin & History
airplane
1907, from air (1) + plane; though the original references are British, the word caught on in Amer.Eng., where it largely superseded earlier aeroplane (1873 in this sense and still common in British Eng.; q.v.). Aircraft
"airplane" also is also from 1907; airship is 1888, from Ger. Luftschiff "motor-driver dirigible."
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