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verb (used without object)
1.
to glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off.
noun
2.
a glide in an airplane.
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Origin:
1905–10; < French vol plané glided flight, equivalent to vol flight (noun derivative of voler < Latin volāre to fly) + plané, past participle of planer to glide (see plane1)
1905–10; < French vol plané glided flight, equivalent to vol flight (noun derivative of voler < Latin volāre to fly) + plané, past participle of planer to glide (see plane1)
Related forms
vol·plan·ist, noun
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