aeroplane

‘ce-oza,preen, (improperly) ‘e:-za,preen, ,peen n. [also spelt aéroplane, aérozplane] 4. a thin plane, natural or artzfrcial, adapted to motion and sustentation in the air; a plane or curvd aeroforl; an airplane; a wind-plane; a sustaining, supporting-, or gliding-plane, or wing, in a flyer. ballasted aeroplane, an aeroplane equilibrated by means of ballast, for experrzmental purposes. inclined aeroplane, an aeroplane or plane aeroferl which is 1n an inclined position in the air or other fluid, as in aerodynamic experimentation: distinguisht from horizontal plane. simple aeroplane, an aeroplane having simple curvature; a plane aerofexl. wave-action aeroplane, a flexible aeroplane or aecroferl designed to afford sustention or propulsion to a flyxzngzmachine by being rapidly undulated; a wave-surface. 2. any flying-machine supported or sustaind rn the air by one or more aeroplanes or aerocurvs; a flyer whose supporting-surfaces are fixt stzyuctures having plane or appreximately plane gliding-surfaces; a heviercthanzair airship upheld or sustaind primarily by the pre ure or reaction of the atmosfere upon plane or curvd surfaces moving at an angle with the axis of flight or with the line of direction of the pre ure of the air; a motorzdrrven gliding or soaring-machine; a glider: distinguisht from helicopter and ornithopter. helicopter aeroplane, an aeroplane flying-machine combined with a helzcepter; a combination of a helzcepter with an aeroplane, as that designed by Bertin. aeroplane ‘’ce-oza,preen adj. [also spelt aéroplane] 4. consisting of, or having the form of an aeroplane or aeroplanes: as, *aeroplane rudders. 2. having the charact errs tics of, er related to, airships of the type known as the aeroplane: as, an *aeroplane flying machine, the *aeroplane type of flyer, *aeroplane flight. ’e1-zi-3-