Citations:atmoplane

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English citations of atmoplane and atmo-plane

Noun: (science fiction) a vehicle like an airplane for travel through an atmosphere that may not be composed of air[edit]

  • 1961, Leigh Brackett, The Nemesis from Terra[1], New York: Ace, page 86:
    Get volunteers to take up what 'copters and atmoplanes there are in this dump and clean out the Bannings by the gates.
  • 2015 October 9, Athena Grayson, The Chase: Huntress of the Star Empire Part One[2], Uncharted Worlds Media:
    The clang of the hatch of the atmo-plane closing confirmed her suspicion.