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flight
(encz) | flight,let n: |
flight
(encz) | flight,letový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Flight
(gcide) | Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr.
fle['o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle['o]n to flee,
G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt,
D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See
Flee, Fly.]
1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help
of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak.
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2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape
danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
--Matt. xxiv.
20.
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Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak.
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3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as,
a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
He had been happy. --Byron.
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His highest flights were indeed far below those of
Taylor. --Macaulay.
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4. A number of beings or things passing through the air
together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company;
the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced
in one season; as, a flight of arrows. --Swift.
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Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton.
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Like a flight of fowl
Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak.
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5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
--Parker.
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6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of
shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.]
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Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak.
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Not a flight drawn home
E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl.
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7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane,
spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
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9. A scheduled flight[8] on a commercial airline; as, the
next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
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Flight feathers (Zool.), the wing feathers of a bird,
including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See
Bird.
To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run
away; to force to flee; to rout.
to take a flight[9], to make a trip in an airplane,
especially a scheduled flight[9].
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Syn: Pair; set. See Pair.
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flight
(wn) | flight
n 1: a formation of aircraft in flight
2: an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an
exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight, flying]
3: a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and
the next [syn: flight, flight of stairs, {flight of
steps}]
4: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the
mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his
flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: escape,
flight]
5: an air force unit smaller than a squadron
6: passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of
fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
7: the path followed by an object moving through space [syn:
trajectory, flight]
8: a flock of flying birds
9: a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I
took the noon flight to Chicago"
v 1: shoot a bird in flight
2: fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
3: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge,
flight] |
FLIGHT
(bouvier) | FLIGHT, crim. law. The evading the course of justice, by a man's voluntarily
withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Com. 387. Vide Fugitive from justice.
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topflight
(mass) | top-flight
- vynikajúci |
charter flight
(encz) | charter flight, |
connecting flight
(encz) | connecting flight, n: |
departure flight
(encz) | departure flight,odlet |
direct flight
(encz) | direct flight, n: |
domestic flight
(encz) | domestic flight, n: |
fight-or-flight
(encz) | fight-or-flight,útěk nebo boj n: [med.] [id.] Jirka Daněk |
flapping flight
(encz) | flapping flight,let pomocí mávání křídly n: Jirka Daněk |
flight
(encz) | flight,let n: flight,letový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flight attendant
(encz) | flight attendant, |
flight bag
(encz) | flight bag, |
flight control
(encz) | flight control, n: |
flight deck
(encz) | flight deck,prostor pro posádku Zdeněk Brožflight deck,vzletová paluba n: Zdeněk Brož |
flight departure
(encz) | flight departure,odlet n: |
flight engineer
(encz) | flight engineer, n: |
flight feather
(encz) | flight feather, n: |
flight indicator
(encz) | flight indicator, n: |
flight into quality
(encz) | flight into quality, |
flight line
(encz) | flight line, n: |
flight maneuver
(encz) | flight maneuver, n: |
flight money
(encz) | flight money, |
flight of funds
(encz) | flight of funds, |
flight of stairs
(encz) | flight of stairs, n: |
flight of steps
(encz) | flight of steps, n: |
flight path
(encz) | flight path,letový plán |
flight recorder
(encz) | flight recorder,letový záznamník n: |
flight simulator
(encz) | flight simulator, n: |
flight strip
(encz) | flight strip, n: |
flight surgeon
(encz) | flight surgeon, n: |
flight to quality
(encz) | flight to quality, |
flighted
(encz) | flighted, adj: |
flightiness
(encz) | flightiness,přelétavost n: Zdeněk Brožflightiness,těkavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
flightless
(encz) | flightless,bezkřídlý adj: Zdeněk Brožflightless,neschopný letu Zdeněk Brož |
flightless bird
(encz) | flightless bird, n: |
flightpath
(encz) | flightpath,cesta letadla n: Zdeněk Brož |
flights
(encz) | flights,lety n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
flighty
(encz) | flighty,nestálý adj: Zdeněk Brožflighty,přelétavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
in flight
(encz) | in flight, adv: |
in full flight
(encz) | in full flight, |
in-flight
(encz) | in-flight,prováděný za letu Zdeněk Brož |
inflight
(encz) | inflight, |
international flight
(encz) | international flight, n: |
line of flight
(encz) | line of flight, n: |
low level flight
(encz) | low level flight, n: |
mid-flight
(encz) | mid-flight, |
nonstop flight
(encz) | nonstop flight, n: |
overflight
(encz) | overflight, |
pre-flight
(encz) | pre-flight,předletový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
preflight
(encz) | preflight,předletový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
redeye flight
(encz) | redeye flight, n: |
reflows of flight capital
(encz) | reflows of flight capital, |
repatriation of flight capital
(encz) | repatriation of flight capital, |
return of flight capital
(encz) | return of flight capital, |
space flight
(encz) | space flight,vesmírný let n: Nijel |
spaceflight
(encz) | spaceflight,vesmírný let n: Nijel |
take a flight
(encz) | take a flight, |
take flight
(encz) | take flight, v: |
terrain flight
(encz) | terrain flight, n: |
top-flight
(encz) | top-flight, |
topflight
(encz) | topflight, |
automatic flight control system
(czen) | Automatic Flight Control System,AFCS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
controlled flight into terrain
(czen) | Controlled Flight into Terrain,CFIT[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
enhanced flight screening-medical
(czen) | Enhanced Flight Screening-Medical,EFS-M[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
flight control system
(czen) | Flight Control System,FCS[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
integrated space technology flights
(czen) | Integrated Space Technology Flights,ISTF[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
nasa dryden flight research center
(czen) | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center,NASA DFRC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
operational flight program
(czen) | Operational Flight Program,OFP[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
visual flight rules
(czen) | Visual Flight Rules,VFR[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
connecting flight
(gcide) | Connection \Con*nec"tion\, n. [Cf. Connexion.]
1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected;
the act or process of bringing two things into contact;
junction; union; as, the connection between church and
state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different
diameters requires an adapter.
Syn: link, connectedness.
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2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.
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3. any relationship between things or events; association;
alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates
and stock prices.
Syn: relation.
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He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known
connection between cause and effect. --Whewell.
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The eternal and inseparable connection between
virtue and happiness. --Atterbury.
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Any sort of connection which is perceived or
imagined between two or more things. --I. Taylor.
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4. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by
marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and
indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
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4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business
connection; the Methodist connection.
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Men elevated by powerful connection. --Motley.
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At the head of a strong parliamentary connection.
--Macaulay.
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Whose names, forces, connections, and characters
were perfectly known to him. --Macaulay.
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5. something that connects other objects.
Syn: connexion, connector, connecter, connective.
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6. (usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are
influential or in a position of power and to whom you are
connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he
has powerful connections.
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7. a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad
connection.
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8. (Transportation) a vehicle in which one may continue a
journey after debarking from another vehicle; the
departing vehicle of a connection[9]; as, my connection
leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my
connection.
Note: A connection may be more specifically referred to as a
connecting flight, a connecting train, etc.
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9. (Transportation) the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and
departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and
place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of
continuing a journey begun or continued in the first
vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue
on to Paris; -- most commonly used of airplanes, trains,
and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.
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10. (Transportation) the transfer of a passenger from one
vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the
connection was made in Copenhagen; -- most commonly of
scheduled transportation on common carriers.
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11. (Commerce) a vendor who can supply desired materials at a
favorable price, or under conditions when other sources
are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's
connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for
the purchase of marijuana; -- often used in the pl..
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12. (Psychol.) the process of bringing ideas or events
together in memory or imagination.
Syn: association, connection, connexion.
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In this connection, in connection with this subject.
Note: [A phrase objected to by some writers.]
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Note: This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x
instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the
same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion,
reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at
present is to spell them connection, inflection,
reflection, etc.
Syn: Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association;
dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication;
affinity; relationship.
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Flight feathers
(gcide) | Flight \Flight\ (fl[imac]t), n. [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr.
fle['o]gan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fle['o]n to flee,
G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt,
D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. [root]84. See
Flee, Fly.]
1. The act of flying; a passing through the air by the help
of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
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Like the night owl's lazy flight. --Shak.
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2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape
danger or expected evil; hasty departure.
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Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
--Matt. xxiv.
20.
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Fain by flight to save themselves. --Shak.
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3. Lofty elevation and excursion; a mounting; a soaring; as,
a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
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Could he have kept his spirit to that flight,
He had been happy. --Byron.
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His highest flights were indeed far below those of
Taylor. --Macaulay.
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4. A number of beings or things passing through the air
together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company;
the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced
in one season; as, a flight of arrows. --Swift.
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Swift flights of angels ministrant. --Milton.
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Like a flight of fowl
Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. --Shak.
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5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.
--Parker.
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6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of
shooting with it. See Shaft. [Obs.]
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Challenged Cupid at the flight. --Shak.
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Not a flight drawn home
E'er made that haste that they have. --Beau. & Fl.
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7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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8. a trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane,
spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
[PJC]
9. A scheduled flight[8] on a commercial airline; as, the
next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
[PJC]
Flight feathers (Zool.), the wing feathers of a bird,
including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See
Bird.
To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run
away; to force to flee; to rout.
to take a flight[9], to make a trip in an airplane,
especially a scheduled flight[9].
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Syn: Pair; set. See Pair.
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Flight of stairs
(gcide) | Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See Sty to
ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
building.
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2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
found." --Chaucer's Dream.
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Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house,
where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
a story.
Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n.,
1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
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Flighted
(gcide) | Flighted \Flight"ed\, a.
1. Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.
"Drowsy-flighted steeds." --Milton.
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2. (Her.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
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Flighter
(gcide) | Flighter \Flight"er\, n. (Brewing)
A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a
cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.
--Knight.
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Flightily
(gcide) | Flightily \Flight"i*ly\, adv.
In a flighty manner.
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Flightiness
(gcide) | Flightiness \Flight"i*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being flighty.
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The flightness of her temper. --Hawthorne.
Syn: Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness;
eccentricity. See Levity.
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Flight-shot
(gcide) | Flight-shot \Flight"-shot`\, n.
The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot;
bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. --Evelyn.
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Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. --Sir W.
Scott.
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