flight
53
3.0
- noun
- /flaɪt/
- Specialized
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trayectoria
- Flight path trajectory interrupted.
- flight path
- time of flight
- flight of the ball
I've heard that due to Titan's thick atmosphere and low gravity that human powered flight would be possible.
- I've heard that due to Titan's thick atmosphere and low gravity that human powered flight would be possible.
- In the pattern of their flight, there was a fierce willed concord.
Examples
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The route of the flight can also be retraced on the map.
Academic text (2003) -
It's right in its flight path.
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The plane was designed to maintain flight after the loss of one engine.
Academic text (2003) -
Flight time to drop point: 17 minutes.
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So the wing shape actually changes during flight to better suit the needs at different speeds.
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And American 11, climb, maintain flight level 350.
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Your space flight's gonna be a brutal assault on your senses.
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The Event Horizon was a secret government project to create a spacecraft capable of faster-than-light flight.
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The Cosmosis 1's projected flight path will put them here.
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The rocket's flight path was monitored closely by the engineers during launch.
Synonyms
378
4.0
A curved path that a planet or satellite follows around another body
141
7.0
A curved path a moving object like a ball or rocket follows through the sky
19
3.9
The route a plane or rocket follows through the sky
2
3.8
A route in the sky that planes follow between airports
1
7.0
The path something moves along through the air
A curved path an object follows through the air after it is fired, like a bullet or shell
Idioms
Compounds
83
3.2
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
9
3.4
A flight with a stop where you change planes to reach your final destination
- Specialized
5
3.5
A machine on the ground that copies the feeling of flying a plane for training
- Specialized
3
4.8
A crew member who checks and runs a plane's engines and systems during a trip
- Specialized
3
6.0
An area at an airport where planes are parked and worked on before flying
- Specialized
1
4.1
A computer system on a plane or drone that automatically keeps it steady and guides it
- Specialized
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
- Informal
A very frightening plane trip that makes people on board feel scared
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flight meaning the path of something comes from the same root fly, meaning the way it moves through the air; the flight of a ball or arrow is the line it follows as it 'flies'.