overflight
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌflaɪt/
- Specialized
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sobrevuelo
- Were you making the overflight on April 9th... over the industrial area and MiG bomber base at Baranovichi?
- overflight rights
- aircraft overflights
It's like planes landing, you don't get that much overflights.
- It's like planes landing, you don't get that much overflights.
Examples
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Every airport has an overflight curfew from 10:00 to 6:00, Burbank included.
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I wonder if we have any U2 overflight data as well?
Blog text (9) -
This was my first overflight.
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How wide far can the radar map an area during an overflight?
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There can be no doubt that serious efforts were made by the U.S. government to end these overflights.
Academic text (1994) -
In Afghanistan, Kiev granted overflight rights to NATO aircraft flying en route to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Academic text (2010) -
They'll compare their measurements to readings collected from satellites and aircraft during five overflights through October 1997.
Academic text (1997) -
In early 2002, Iranian military overflights of Azerbaijan led Turkey to threaten reprisals.
Academic text (2004) -
The principle of respect for territorial sovereignty is also directly infringed by the unauthorized overflight of a state's territory by aircraft belonging to or under the control of the government.
Academic text (2017) -
The military was granted overflight rights to conduct surveillance over the region.
Synonyms
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1.0
A trip by plane from one place to another
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4.6
A low flight of planes over a place for a ceremony
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7.8
A flight over an area to observe or attack
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7.5
A low flight by military planes over people watching on the ground
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5.8
A plane passing low over people for a show
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overflight comes from the simple parts over and flight, where over means 'above' and flight means 'a trip by air'. So an overflight is a plane 'flying above' a place, often used when it goes over another country's land.