glider
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
glider (plural gliders)
- One who glides.
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
- Synonym of glide#English|glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
- A kind of garden swing.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=2B3PEhITe0cC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22Francine+sat+in+the+glider+on+the+porch,+swinging+lightly,+her+mind+a+thousand+miles+away.+The+chain+squeaked+a+little,+almost+like+a+cricket.%22&source=bl&ots=1HLry3h1H8&sig=ACfU3U1fP2Y6NoG9eX_7jZNQjkMUb1Rthw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL7rG3mOjnAhUNT98KHe3UAGkQ6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Francine%20sat%20in%20the%20glider%20on%20the%20porch%2C%20swinging%20lightly%2C%20her%20mind%20a%20thousand%20miles%20away.%20The%20chain%20squeaked%20a%20little%2C%20almost%20like%20a%20cricket.%22&f=false page 73]
- Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.
- 2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good!, page 5 ↗
- Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.
- 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=2B3PEhITe0cC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22Francine+sat+in+the+glider+on+the+porch,+swinging+lightly,+her+mind+a+thousand+miles+away.+The+chain+squeaked+a+little,+almost+like+a+cricket.%22&source=bl&ots=1HLry3h1H8&sig=ACfU3U1fP2Y6NoG9eX_7jZNQjkMUb1Rthw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL7rG3mOjnAhUNT98KHe3UAGkQ6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Francine%20sat%20in%20the%20glider%20on%20the%20porch%2C%20swinging%20lightly%2C%20her%20mind%20a%20thousand%20miles%20away.%20The%20chain%20squeaked%20a%20little%2C%20almost%20like%20a%20cricket.%22&f=false page 73]
- (mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- Hypernyms: spaceship
- 2008, Derek Abbott, Paul C. W. Davies, Arun Kumar Pati, Quantum Aspects Of Life (page 246)
- In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain. attention en
- French: planeur
- German: Segelflugzeug, Gleiter, Gleitflugzeug
- Italian: aliante, veleggiatore
- Portuguese: planador
- Russian: планёр
- Spanish: planeador, velero
- Italian: volovelista
- German: Gleiter
- French: planeur
- Russian: планёр
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