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parachute
(encz) | parachute,padák n: joe@hw.cz |
Parachute
(gcide) | Parachute \Par"a*chute\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[=oo]t or
p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[udd]t), n. [F., fr. parer to ward off, guard +
chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached
to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to
a person or object falling through the air, it opens from
a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus
slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and
landing may be made through the air from an airplane,
balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for
descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for
military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an
emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport,
the descent from an airplane by parachute is called {sky
diving}. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid,
and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.
2. (Zool.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the
legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo,
and phalangister.
[1913 Webster] |
parachute
(gcide) | parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place
using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted
safely to the ground.
[PJC]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits,
including severance pay, provided by contract to a
high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is
dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover
or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released
and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger
parachute. Also called drogue.
[PJC] parachuter |
parachute
(wn) | parachute
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
and retards your fall [syn: parachute, chute]
v 1: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn:
chute, parachute, jump] |
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drogue parachute
(encz) | drogue parachute, n: |
golden parachute
(encz) | golden parachute, |
parachute
(encz) | parachute,padák n: joe@hw.cz |
parachute jumper
(encz) | parachute jumper, n: |
parachuted
(encz) | parachuted, |
parachuter
(encz) | parachuter, n: |
drogue parachute
(gcide) | parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place
using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted
safely to the ground.
[PJC]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits,
including severance pay, provided by contract to a
high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is
dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover
or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released
and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger
parachute. Also called drogue.
[PJC] parachuter |
golden parachute
(gcide) | parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place
using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted
safely to the ground.
[PJC]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits,
including severance pay, provided by contract to a
high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is
dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover
or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released
and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger
parachute. Also called drogue.
[PJC] parachuter |
parachute
(gcide) | Parachute \Par"a*chute\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[=oo]t or
p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[udd]t), n. [F., fr. parer to ward off, guard +
chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached
to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to
a person or object falling through the air, it opens from
a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus
slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and
landing may be made through the air from an airplane,
balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for
descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for
military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an
emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport,
the descent from an airplane by parachute is called {sky
diving}. Some older versions of parachute were more rigid,
and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella.
2. (Zool.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the
legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo,
and phalangister.
[1913 Webster]parachute \par"a*chute\, v. i.
TO descend to th ground from an airplane or other high place
using a parachute; as, when the plane stalled, he parachuted
safely to the ground.
[PJC]
golden parachute a generous set of financial benefits,
including severance pay, provided by contract to a
high-level corporate employee in the event s/he is
dismissed or his/her job is lost in a corporate takeover
or merger; also, the contract providing for such benefits.
drogue parachute a small parachute that is first released
and opened in order to more reliably deploy a larger
parachute. Also called drogue.
[PJC] parachuter |
parachuter
(gcide) | parachuter \par"a*chut`er\, parachutist \par`a*chut"ist\, n.
One who descends from a high altitude to the ground by means
of a parachute, especially one who does so for sport or in a
military operation.
[PJC] |
drogue parachute
(wn) | drogue parachute
n 1: a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its
storage pack
2: a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving
rapidly [syn: drogue, drogue chute, drogue parachute] |
golden parachute
(wn) | golden parachute
n 1: giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid
by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
parachute
(wn) | parachute
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
and retards your fall [syn: parachute, chute]
v 1: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn:
chute, parachute, jump] |
parachute jumper
(wn) | parachute jumper
n 1: a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute [syn:
parachutist, parachuter, parachute jumper] |
parachuter
(wn) | parachuter
n 1: a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute [syn:
parachutist, parachuter, parachute jumper] |
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