sail plane

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• sail|plane — «SAYL PLAYN», noun, verb, planed, plan|ing. –n. a lightweight glider with especially long wings to take advantage of rising air currents so as to remain aloft, as distinguished from a heavy glider, designed to be towed by a powered aircraft;… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sail Plane Song — is a song written by Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson for the American pop band The Beach Boys. The song was released on the band s 1998 anthology album, the Endless Harmony Soundtrack . See also *List of songs by The Beach Boys …   Wikipedia

• sail — Synonyms and related words: aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, balloon sail, batten, be airborne, be effortless, be painless, boat, boltrope, breeze, canoe, canvas, carry sail, circumnavigate, clew, cloth, coast, course, cringle, cross,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Sail-plan — A sail plan is a set of drawings, usually prepared by a naval architect. It shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship.The combinations shown in a sail plan almost always include three configurations:A light air sail plan …   Wikipedia

• sail — n 1. canvas, piece of sailcloth or duck, Naut. cloth, Naut. mainsail, Naut. jib, Naut. square sail, Naut. fore and aft sail; (all of a windmill) vane, blade, arm, wing. 2. cruise, voyage at sea, crossing, boat trip or journey; excursion, outing,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• plane — I n 1. level surface, level, flat surface, flat; horizon, skyline, Astron., Navig. azimuth; sea level, water level; table, homaloid; plain, flatland, champaign, plateau, steppe, prairie; bowling alley, bowling green, pool or billiard table,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Solar sail — Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using large membrane mirrors. Radiation pressure is about 10 5 Pa at Earth s distance… …   Wikipedia

• Hanse Sail — The Hanse Sail in Rostock is the largest maritime festival in Mecklenburg Vorpommern and one of the largest in Germany. About two hundred sailing ships of all types and sizes from a vast variety of countries visit the coast off the city of… …   Wikipedia

• Fore plane — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Diving plane — The port bow plane of the former Soviet submarine B 39 A diving plane, also known as a hydroplane, is a control surface found on submarines which allow the vessel to pitch its bow and stern up or down to assist in the process of submerging or… …   Wikipedia

• Paper plane — This article is about toy aircraft fashioned from paper. For other uses, see Paper plane (disambiguation). Instructions for a traditional paper plane. A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a …   Wikipedia