glider

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[edit] Etymology

to glide + -er

A motor glider in flight.

[edit] Noun

Singular
glider

Plural
gliders

glider (plural gliders)

  1. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight
  2. A sailplane
  3. Anything that glides, especially an animal or aircraft
  4. A pilot of glider aircraft.
  5. (mathematics, game of life) In the "Game of Life" computer game, a configuration which recurs periodically, each time at a fixed offset from the last appearance.

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types of glider

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[edit] Translations

aircraft
pilot
something that glides
configuration
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