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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stealth /stɛlθ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- secret procedure, action, or movement:moved with stealth in the darkness.
adj. - Military having or providing the ability to escape detection by radar:[often: Stealth]Stealth planes.
stealth•i•ly /ˈstɛlθəli/USA pronunciation adv. stealth•i•ness, n. [uncountable] stealth•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stealth (stelth),USA pronunciation n. - secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- a furtive departure or entrance.
- [Obs.]
- an act of stealing;
theft. - the thing stolen;
booty.
- Military(cap.) a U.S. Air Force project involving a range of technologies, with the purpose of developing aircraft that are difficult to detect by sight, sound, radar, and infrared energy.
adj. - surreptitious;
secret;
not openly acknowledged:a stealth hiring of the competitor's CEO; the stealth issue of the Presidential race.
- 1200–50; Middle English stelthe; compare Old English stælthing theft. See steal, -th1
+ adj. - surreptitious;
secret;
not openly acknowledged:a stealth hiring of the competitor's CEO; the stealth issue of the Presidential race.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stealth /stɛlθ/ n - the act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness, esp so as to avoid detection
- cunning or underhand procedure or dealing
Etymology: 13th Century stelthe; see steal, -th1 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Stealth /stɛlθ/ n - (modifier) informal denoting or referring to technology that aims to reduce the radar, thermal, and acoustic recognizability of aircraft and missiles
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