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• Codex on the Flight of Birds — Ms B Fol 88v: Design for a flying machine or catapul, taken from the codex. Codex on the Flight of Birds is a relatively short codex of circa 1505[1] by Leonardo da Vinci. It comprises 18 folios and …   Wikipedia

• flight — flight1 [flīt] n. [ME fliht < OE flyht (akin to OS fluht, Du vlucht) < base of fleogan, FLY1] 1. the act, manner, or power of flying or moving through space 2. the distance covered or that can be covered at one time by an airplane, bird,… …   English World dictionary

• flight — [[t]fla͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦ flights 1) N COUNT A flight is a journey made by flying, usually in an aeroplane. The flight will take four hours. 2) N COUNT: also N num You can refer to an aeroplane carrying passengers on a particular journey as a particular …   English dictionary

• flight — noun 1) the history of flight Syn: aviation, flying, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics 2) a flight to Rome Syn: airplane/plane trip, air trip, trip/journey by air 3) the flight of a baseball …   Thesaurus of popular words

• flight — {{11}}flight (1) act of flying, O.E. flyht a flying, flight, from P.Gmc. *flukhtiz (Cf. Du. vlucht flight of birds, O.N. flugr, O.H.G. flug, Ger. Flug flight ), from root of *fleugan to fly (see FLY (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• flight — noun 1) the history of flight Syn: aviation, flying, air transport, aeronautics 2) a flight to Rome Syn: plane trip/journey, air trip/journey, service 3) the flight of the ball …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• flight —   Lele.   See flee.    ♦ To take flight, lele, kaulele.    ♦ To put to flight, ho ohe e, hō auhe e, hehu, ho opū ā ā.    ♦ Flight of birds, lele manu, aulia manu …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Flight feather — Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectrices (singular rectrix).… …   Wikipedia

• Flight — is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the air (or movement beyond earth s atmosphere, in the case of spaceflight) by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using… …   Wikipedia

• flight — W2S3 [flaıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(travel)¦ 2¦(flying)¦ 3¦(movement through air)¦ 4¦(stairs)¦ 5¦(escape)¦ 6 flight of fancy/imagination/fantasy 7¦(birds)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: flyht] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Flight — (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle[ o]n to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See {Flee}, {Fly}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English