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aviation|eɪvɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. F. aviation, irreg. f. L. avis bird + -ation.]
Aerial navigation by means of an aeroplane; the science of powered flight. Also attrib.
1866J. S. Harry tr. Nadar's Right to Fly xvi. 82 The cause of Aviation. 1870Ann. Rep. Aeronaut. Soc 11 Men do not consider the subject of ‘aërostation’ or ‘aviation’ to be a real science. 1891Daily News 27 Aug. 5/1 The frequency of the term ‘aviation’ as a synonym for aerial navigation. 1908Daily Report 12 Sept. 4/4 Santos-Dumont..won the first aviation prize. 1910R. Ferris How it Flies 455 Aviation—Flying by means of power-propelled machines which are not buoyed up in the air, as with gas bags. 1911Daily Express 13 June 1/3 The Home Secretary has issued an order prohibiting aviation in specified areas. 1916Sci. Amer. Suppl. 3 June 357 (title) Aviation sickness; its symptoms and cure. 1920Flight 26 Feb. 252/1 The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., announce the present retail price of..Pratt's aviation spirit, 4s. 1½d. per gallon. 1920W. H. Wilmer (title) Aviation Medicine in the A.E.F. 1928Lancet 7 Apr. 714/1 Aviation or aviators' sickness..a train of complex symptoms occurring in those who take the air. 1957Technology Mar. 8/1 Some of the men from whose wisdom he will benefit have been in aviation almost from the beginning. 1960Times 18 Oct. 13/7 What used to be the School of Aviation Medicine at San Antonio has been the Aerospace Medical Centre for a year now. |