flight simulator
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3.5
- noun
- /flaɪt sɪmjuˌleɪtər/
- Specialized
:
simulador de vuelo
- Using a flight simulator, the trainees learned how to handle emergency situations in the air.
- flight simulator computer
- flight simulator game
- flight simulator training
Like you can a flight simulator so you can make mistakes and not die.
- Like you can a flight simulator so you can make mistakes and not die.
- And they're also submerged and they're also playing a flight simulator and they're peddling a bike at the same time.
Examples
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The Training Center can house 10 full-flight simulators, including one for the new 777 jet.
Academic text (1996) -
Many aviation schools invest in advanced flight simulators to provide realistic training for their students.
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You can do this experiment in any flight simulator.
Blog text (21) -
Flight simulators are one of the training center's most important features.
Academic text (1996) -
We are having trouble reproducing your situation in our flight simulators.
Fiction book (1996) -
All modern pilots get extensive training in flight simulators, which the commercial world considered too expensive when pilots first proposed them.
Blog text (19) -
The Wrights had made an early version of the famous flight simulator that was patented by Edwin Link in 1931, which was first used in amusement parks and then for World War II pilot training.
Academic text (2003) -
The space center features actual spacecraft, flight simulators, astronauts training for upcoming shuttle missions, simulated space walks, and a guided open tram tour of NASA and mission control.
Academic text (2003) -
The pilot practiced various maneuvers using a flight simulator to prepare for the real thing.
Synonyms
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5.1
A machine or program that copies real situations for training and testing
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5.8
A machine on the ground that simulates flying to teach pilots
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6.5
A machine or program that copies real situations for training and testing
How Realistic
- Specialized
5
3.5
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are semantically clear: 'flight' refers to flying or an aircraft journey and 'simulator' is a device that imitates real conditions. Their combination yields an obvious meaning — a device that imitates flying — a compositional pattern common across languages and readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Flight simulator joins flight and simulator: it is a machine on the ground that acts like an airplane so pilots can practice flying safely. So the name means a device that 'imitates' flying for 'training'.