quadcopter
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quadcopter (plural quadcopters)
- A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- Synonyms: quadrotor, quadrocopter, quadricopter, quadrotor helicopter
- 2017 October 17, Christina Caron, “After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety”, in New York Times[1]:
- In April, as an Air Canada Jazz flight was landing at Trudeau Airport, a drone came so close the pilot was able to identify it as a quadcopter.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 235:
- he saw, sweeping back and forth over the treetops, a sleek-looking quadcopter drone.
Translations
[edit]rotorcraft
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Further reading
[edit]quadcopter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia