heavier-than-air
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- adjective
- /ˈhɛviər ðən ɛr/
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más pesado que el aire
- One of the first things you see inside the museum is a replica of the Wright's 1902 Flyer, the first successful powered heavier-than-air craft.
Examples
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Two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright- bicycle builders from Dayton, Ohio- on the morning of December 17... set up on the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina... their first heavier-than-air flying machine.
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Pilots must understand the principles of heavier-than-air flight to operate airplanes safely.
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Another example of this is the reaction of perfectly normal people to the notion of heavier-than-air flight.
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Accordingly, through a century of heavier-than-air flight, the federal government has been the major actor in developing and using air and spacecraft.
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The Wright brothers proved that heavier-than-air powered airplanes can fly.
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Heavier-than-air flying machines were dropping bombs and engaging in air-to-air combat.
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Dr. MacCready became internationally known in 1977 as the "father of human-powered flight" when his Gossamer Condor made the first sustained, controlled flight by a heavier-than-air craft powered solely by its pilot's muscles.
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The Wright brothers developed the first heavier-than-air aircraft that achieved controlled flight.
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Innovations in technology have allowed heavier-than-air vehicles to become more efficient and faster.
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Etymology
Heavier-than-air names something that is literally heavier than the air around it: heavier means 'more heavy' and air means 'the gas around us'. That is why heavier-than-air machines, unlike balloons, must use wings or rotors to make lift and stay up in the sky.