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单词 heavier-than-air
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Definition of heavier-than-air in English:

heavier-than-air

adjective
  • (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air it displaces.

    the history of the development of heavier-than-air flying apparatus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Speed would require the development of heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • The Pacific and North Atlantic had never been fully crossed by heavier-than-air craft.
    • Lord Kelvin, who is President of the prestigious Royal Society once said that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible, and the Chairman of the major computer company, DEC, said that no-one would want a computer in their home.
    • They are also reminiscent of the 19th century scientists who claimed that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible.
    • It has been thoroughly researched in recent times that Richard Pearse was the first human being to take to the air in a heavier-than-air flying machine, and I think that is an absolutely wonderful thing.
    • The familiar phrase ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ rings quite true as spectacular engravings and prints bring to life fascinating events in the history of ballooning and heavier-than-air flight.
    • Mistakes of approximation underlie many of the objections once aimed at new fangled ideas like heavier-than-air flying machines and practically every other aspect of modern life that we now take for granted.
    • Sometime before the Wright brothers' momentous flights of December 17, 1903, Quick began construction of a heavier-than-air flying machine of unknown configuration.
    • Not large enough to carry a man, the #5 and later the #6 did prove that mechanical heavier-than-air flight was possible.
    • On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Brothers' Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
    • Americans were the first to take weapons into the air in heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • They emerged from obscurity and made history with, as historians of aviation carefully phrase it, the first power-driven heavier-than-air machine in which humans made free, controlled and sustained flight.
    • The airplane was aloft for only 120 feet, but the flight was epoch-making: the first time a powered, heavier-than-air flying machine got off the ground to make a successful, controlled flight.
    • In 1886, he designed a steam-powered aircraft, and in 1896 became the first to build heavier-than-air machines capable of sustained flight.
    • For the most part, this technology culture appeared at the same time as the air service itself, due to the nature of heavier-than-air flight.
    • For students of aviation and aeronautical engineering, the aeroplane turns out to be very useful when it comes to understanding the various principles of heavier-than-air flight, aerodynamics, and aircraft design.
    • The Wright brothers showed that heavier-than-air flight was possible, but that did not entitle them to a monopoly of heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • Actually, Augustus Moore Herring was quite a pioneer during the very earliest days of heavier-than-air flight.
    • His son, my great-grandfather Bernard von Hoffmann, gave up the ballooning and started a heavier-than-air flying school at Lambert Field, where St. Louis International Airport is now located.
    • The Wrights were not the first to pilot a heavier-than-air craft.
 
 

Definition of heavier-than-air in US English:

heavier-than-air

adjectiveˈhevēərT͟Hənˌer
  • (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air it displaces.

    the history of the development of heavier-than-air flying apparatus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The airplane was aloft for only 120 feet, but the flight was epoch-making: the first time a powered, heavier-than-air flying machine got off the ground to make a successful, controlled flight.
    • Speed would require the development of heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • In 1886, he designed a steam-powered aircraft, and in 1896 became the first to build heavier-than-air machines capable of sustained flight.
    • Lord Kelvin, who is President of the prestigious Royal Society once said that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible, and the Chairman of the major computer company, DEC, said that no-one would want a computer in their home.
    • The Pacific and North Atlantic had never been fully crossed by heavier-than-air craft.
    • The Wright brothers showed that heavier-than-air flight was possible, but that did not entitle them to a monopoly of heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • It has been thoroughly researched in recent times that Richard Pearse was the first human being to take to the air in a heavier-than-air flying machine, and I think that is an absolutely wonderful thing.
    • For the most part, this technology culture appeared at the same time as the air service itself, due to the nature of heavier-than-air flight.
    • His son, my great-grandfather Bernard von Hoffmann, gave up the ballooning and started a heavier-than-air flying school at Lambert Field, where St. Louis International Airport is now located.
    • They are also reminiscent of the 19th century scientists who claimed that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible.
    • Sometime before the Wright brothers' momentous flights of December 17, 1903, Quick began construction of a heavier-than-air flying machine of unknown configuration.
    • Actually, Augustus Moore Herring was quite a pioneer during the very earliest days of heavier-than-air flight.
    • They emerged from obscurity and made history with, as historians of aviation carefully phrase it, the first power-driven heavier-than-air machine in which humans made free, controlled and sustained flight.
    • Not large enough to carry a man, the #5 and later the #6 did prove that mechanical heavier-than-air flight was possible.
    • On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Brothers' Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
    • For students of aviation and aeronautical engineering, the aeroplane turns out to be very useful when it comes to understanding the various principles of heavier-than-air flight, aerodynamics, and aircraft design.
    • Americans were the first to take weapons into the air in heavier-than-air flying machines.
    • The familiar phrase ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ rings quite true as spectacular engravings and prints bring to life fascinating events in the history of ballooning and heavier-than-air flight.
    • Mistakes of approximation underlie many of the objections once aimed at new fangled ideas like heavier-than-air flying machines and practically every other aspect of modern life that we now take for granted.
    • The Wrights were not the first to pilot a heavier-than-air craft.
 
 
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