Definitions for heavier-than-air

heavier-than-air heav·i·er-than-air

Spelling: [hev-ee-er-th uh n-air]
IPA: /ˈhɛv i ər ðənˈɛər/

Heavier-Than-Air is a 16 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 641 anagrams from letters in heavier-than-air (--aaaeehhiinrrtv).

Definitions for heavier-than-air

adjective

  1. (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air that it displaces, hence having to obtain lift by aerodynamic means.

Origin of heavier-than-air

First recorded in 1900-05

Examples for heavier-than-air

One of his first trials with a heavier-than-air machine was made with a huge glider, which was fitted with floats.

And then we stalled—that is to say our speed dropped below the minimum necessary for heavier-than-air flight.

"Well, my father had worked for years perfecting the plans of a heavier-than-air flying machine," Morris resumed.

heavier-than-air machines have gradually popularized flying.

But it would be unjust to claim for them entire priority in the field of the glider and the heavier-than-air machine.

On his return to Paris he at once began experimenting with heavier-than-air machines.

Wood is not employed in the construction of these heavier-than-air craft.

Not until the twentieth century did the advocates of the heavier-than-air machines show the value of their fundamental idea.

Wright were experimenting with heavier-than-air machines, but general interest in the subject is quite recent.

It was, without shadow of doubt, the last word in the science and manufacture of a heavier-than-air machine.

Word Value for heavier-than-air
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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