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• airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also …   Universalium

• navigate — nav|i|gate [ nævı,geıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to choose a path so that a ship, airplane, or car can go in a particular direction, especially by using maps or instruments: By law a harbor pilot must be on board to navigate the ship …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• airplane — n. also: aeroplane 1) to board; take an airplane 2) to bring down, land; ditch; fly, pilot; hijack; navigate an airplane (a pilot flies an airplane) 3) to bring down, shoot down an airplane (our fire brought down an enemy airplane) 4) a jet;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• navigate — verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin navigatus, past participle of navigare, from navis ship + igare (from agere to drive) more at agent Date: 1588 intransitive verb 1. to travel by water ; sail 2. to steer a course through a medium; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• airplane — Synonyms and related words: Cub, VTOL, adjustable propeller, aeroplane, afterburner, aileron, air ambulance, air controls, air scoop, air scout, aircraft, airfreighter, airlift, airliner, airscrew, all weather fighter, ambulance, amphibian… …   Moby Thesaurus

• navigate — Synonyms and related words: aeroplane, airlift, airplane, allocate, assign, balloon, be airborne, boat, canoe, captain, carry sail, chart a course, circumnavigate, coast, collocate, con, cond, conn, coxswain, cross, cruise, deploy, direct,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• navigate — To journey by water; to go in a vessel; to sail or manage a vessel; to use the waters as a highway for commerce or communication; to ply. To direct one s course through any medium; to steer, especially to operate an airplane or airship. United… …   Black's law dictionary

• navigate — To journey by water; to go in a vessel; to sail or manage a vessel; to use the waters as a highway for commerce or communication; to ply. To direct one s course through any medium; to steer, especially to operate an airplane or airship. United… …   Black's law dictionary

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• Aerobot — An aerobot is an aerial robot, usually used in the context of an unmanned space probeWhile work has been done since the 1960s on robot rovers to explore the Moon and other worlds in the Solar system, such machines have limitations. They tend to… …   Wikipedia

• ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …   Universalium