heavier-than-air in English

adjective
1
(of an aircraft) weighing more than the air it displaces.
It has been thoroughly researched in recent times that Richard Pearse was the first human being to take to the air in a heavier-than-air flying machine, and I think that is an absolutely wonderful thing.

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1. The gas is heavier than air.

2. Gustave Whitehead and a replica of his heavier-than-air flying machine

3. Nevertheless, power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft shall give way to sailplanes.

4. In 1895, Lord Kelvin declared that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible.

5. Aerodyne definition, any heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift mainly from aerodynamic forces

6. Aerodyne definition is - a heavier-than-air aircraft (such as an airplane, helicopter, or glider).

7. (i) power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft shall give way to airships, sailplanes and balloons;

8. for heavier-than-air aircraft, 10 times the weight of the aerodyne at maximum mass;

9. (a)for heavier-than-air aircraft, 10 times the weight of the aerodyne at maximum mass;

10. Airliner: aerial transport apparatus that is heavier than air and is equipped with wings and engines.

11. Its fumes, being heavier than air, penetrate the burrows and promptly poison or Asphyxiate all living animals and fleas

12. Airplane definition is - a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which it derives most of its lift

13. Chlorine is a greenish yellow gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. It is two and a half times heavier than air

14. If the "Zeppelin" be excepted, the Blimp is the most highly-developed and scientific heavier-than-air flying machine ever devised

15. Aerodyne definition: any heavier-than-air machine , such as an aircraft , that derives the greater part of its Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

16. The vapors of most commonly used Accelerants are heavier than air and tend to flow downward into stairwells, cellars, drains, crevices and cracks, etc

17. Santos-Dumont’s 200-foot [60-meter] flight in the 14-bis is regarded as the first successful motor-powered, heavier-than-air flight in Europe.

18. A power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight.

19. "Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax." — William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 18

20. The Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps (1907–1914) was the first heavier-than-air military aviation organization in history and the progenitor of the United States Air Force.

21. ‘aeroplane’ means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;

22. Airplane definition, 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

23. Aerogel is known as one of the new materials that can change the world, and it is currently the world's lightest solid material, only three times heavier than air

24. 16. ‘aeroplane’ means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;

25. Airplane, also called Aeroplane or plane, any of a class of fixed-wing aircraft that is heavier than air, propelled by a screw propeller or a high-velocity jet, and supported by …

26. Octave Chanute, a French-born American engineer, elaborated on Lilienthal’s design and developed a double-winged glider that again represented a significant advance in the design of a heavier-than-air flying machine.

27. The history of Aviation extends for more than two thousand years, from the earliest forms of Aviation such as kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight by powered, heavier-than-air jets.

28. Airplane, also called aeroplane or plane, any of a class of fixed-wing aircraft that is heavier than air, propelled by a screw propeller or a high-velocity jet, and supported by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings

29. Gravity displacement Autoclaves, also called gravity Autoclaves, inject steam into the autoclave chamber and then rely on that steam, which is heavier than air, to force the air to leave the chamber through the drain vent at the bottom, according to the CDC.

30. Autogyro - an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller autogiro , gyroplane heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it

31. Aerodyne may refer to: Heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving lift from dynamic motion through the air Fender Aerodyne Telecaster, a contemporary model of the classic Fender Telecaster Electric guitar Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass, an electric bass guitar which typically has both "jazz" and "precision" style pickups

32. Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. Judging from the story of Daedalus and Icarus, humans have been interested in Aerodynamics and flying for thousands of years, although flying in a heavier-than-air machine has been possible only in the last hundred years.

33. Its fumes, being heavier than air, penetrate the burrows and promptly poison or Asphyxiate all living animals and fleas.: A tablespoonful poured on a cow-chip and rolled down a dog hole will Asphyxiate the entire family.: Compression of the vagus nerve may slow the child's pulse and Asphyxiate it through lack of oxygen in the blood.: When version has been done haste may compress the head in