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aircraft - 3 dictionary results

air⋅craft

[air-kraft, -krahft]
–noun, plural -craft.
any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, esp. powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters.

Origin:
1840–50; air 1 + craft
air·craft   (âr'krāft')   
n.   pl. aircraft
A machine or device, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or dirigible, that is capable of atmospheric flight.

Aircraft

Air"craft`\, n. sing. & pl. Any device, as a balloon, a["e]roplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.
Language Translation for : aircraft
Spanish: aeronave, avión,
German: das Flugzeug,
Japanese: 航空機
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