glider
Meaning
- One who glides.
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
- A kind of garden swing.
- In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
Synonyms
sail plane
aerodone
flying possum
sail-plane
gliding aircraft
soaring aeroplane
glider plane
gliding craft
air sailer
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.
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