Airplane

Airplane

Term

Airplane

Business term

Airplane

Definition

A power-driven heavier-than-air Aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight.

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Comments

More informally, an airplane is a flying vehicle that has fixed wings and engines or propellers that thrust it forward through the air.
Often called aeroplane.

Status

Approved

XML type

NA, Concept

AIRM equivalent

Aeroplane

AIDM equivalent

N/A