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aviation

aviation

133 4.0
The planning, building, and use of planes and helicopters to carry people and goods
  • noun
  • /ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aviación
  • My name is Clifford Irving and I'm writing a book about the history of aviation.
  • civil aviation
  • the aviation industry
  • commercial aviation

But let me give you another case, Civil Aviation.

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Examples

  • Get yourself an aviation radio to listen to the radio traffic control in your spare time.

  • So we have a whole spectrum of civil aviation arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region.

    Academic text (1995)
  • You now own a little piece of aviation history.

  • Now we're having serious aviation safety issues.

  • Only limited government facilities were established in aviation, mainly for research and development rather than for production.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The technologies already in development for aviation safety purposes can be adopted for security applications as well.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Lockheed was not prepared for the coming revolution in aviation technology.

  • It's an irreplaceable piece of our nation's aviation heritage!

  • Aviation is the future, Pauline.

  • The field of aviation includes the design and operation of various types of aircraft.

Synonyms

aeronautics
vsaviation
  • Specialized
12 6.3

The study and practice of designing, building, and flying airplanes and helicopters

emphasizes design, production, and commercial transport rather than scientific theory

Compounds

A United States government agency that makes and enforces safety rules for airlines and airports

aviation medicine
  • Specialized
4.1

Care and study of the health and safety of people during air and space flight

A United Nations organization that makes rules for safe international air travel

How Large

industry
2.6
aviation
  • Specialized
133 4.0

Surface Forms

aviation singular
aviations plural

Morphology

aviation = aviate (transparent) = aviate + ion

The noun is a standard nominalization of the verb 'aviate' meaning 'the activity or field of flying', so the relation is directly derivable.

Etymology

Aviation comes from the Latin word avis meaning 'bird', because early inventors thought flying machines were like man-made birds. So, aviation now means the work of designing, building and flying aircraft.