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paragliding

 [par-uh-glahy-ding]

par·a·glid·ing

  [par-uh-glahy-ding]
noun
a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
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par·a·glide

  [par-uh-glahyd]
verb (used without object), -glid·ed, -glid·ing.
to engage in paragliding.
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paragliding (ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ)
 
—n
the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.
 
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paragliding

sport of flying parachutes with design modifications that enhance their gliding capabilities. Unlike hang gliders, their close relations, paragliders have no rigid framework; the parachute canopy acts as a wing and is constructed of fabric cells with openings at the front that allow them to be inflated by movement through the air-the "ram-air" effect

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