Definitions for lighter-than-air

lighter-than-air light·er-than-air

Spelling: [lahy-ter-th uh n-air]
IPA: /ˈlaɪ tər ðənˈɛər/

Lighter-Than-Air is a 16 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 1144 anagrams from letters in lighter-than-air (--aaeghhiilnrrtt).

Definitions for lighter-than-air

adjective

  1. (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy.
  2. of or relating to lighter-than-air craft.

Origin of lighter-than-air

First recorded in 1900-05

Examples for lighter-than-air

This defect was overcome by the use of lighter-than-air gas.

"The Wright brothers invented the lighter-than-air ship early in the twentieth century," he said.

Dominick, however, wished more than I did to see his lighter-than-air craft in all its glory.

At that point came the true division between heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air machines.

In the race for actual accomplishment the balloonists, the advocates of lighter-than-air machines, took the lead at first.

Balloons, the most elementary form of lighter-than-air air-craft, unprovided with any means of propulsion or steering.

His progress had been theirs in the new science of lighter-than-air engineering.

It now seems to have opened a new era in lighter-than-air navigation.

Air-ships, lighter-than-air craft provided with means of propulsion and steering.

Not until the eighteenth century did the experimenters with lighter-than-air devices show any practical results.

Word Value for lighter-than-air
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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