stealth /stelth/

1. A secret procedure or manner
2. Furtiveness
3. A theft (Spenser, Shakespeare)
4. A thing stolen (Milton)
5. Secret or unobtrusive going or passage (Shakespeare)

Of, using, or associated with technological means of avoiding detection, such as (in aircraft) reducing noise, infra-red emissions, radar reflections and (in personnel) wearing clothing that reduces the risk of observation by infrared night-sights

To approach (an enemy, etc) without being detected, as certain martial arts experts are trained to do

stealthˈily adverb

stealthˈiness noun

stealthˈing noun

The act or process of approaching, eg an enemy, without being detected

stealthˈy adjective

1. Acted or acting with stealth
2. Furtive

stealth bomber or stealth fighter noun

A military aircraft of a design that enables it to escape radar detection

stealth tax noun (informal)

A tax that is applied in such a way that taxpayers are unaware of its imposition

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