| slovo | definícia |
gliding
(encz) | gliding,klouzání n: Zdeněk Brož |
gliding
(encz) | gliding,létání kluzákem Zdeněk Brož |
Gliding
(gcide) | Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG.
gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to
E. glad.]
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1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise,
violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily,
or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its
channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
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The river glideth at his own sweet will.
--Wordsworth.
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2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of
gravity or momentum; to volplane.
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gliding
(wn) | gliding
n 1: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing] |
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hanggliding
(mass) | hanggliding
- závesné lietanie |
gliding bacteria
(encz) | gliding bacteria, n: |
gliding joint
(encz) | gliding joint, n: |
hang gliding
(encz) | hang gliding,závěsné létání n: Zdeněk Brož |
hang-gliding
(encz) | hang-gliding, |
paragliding
(encz) | paragliding,létání na padákovém kluzáku n: Jaroslav Šedivýparagliding,paragliding n: Petr Prášek |
paragliding
(czen) | paragliding,paraglidingn: Petr Prášek |
Gliding
(gcide) | Glide \Glide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gliding.] [AS. gl[imac]dan; akin to D. glijden, OHG.
gl[imac]tan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to
E. glad.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise,
violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily,
or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its
channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice.
[1913 Webster]
The river glideth at his own sweet will.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Phon.) To pass with a glide, as the voice.
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3. (A["e]ronautics) To move through the air by virtue of
gravity or momentum; to volplane.
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Gliding angle
(gcide) | Gliding angle \Gliding angle\ (A["e]ronautics)
The angle, esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine
or a["e]roplane will glide to earth by virtue of gravity
without applied power.
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gliding boat
(gcide) | Hydroplane \Hy"dro*plane\, n. [Pref. hydro-, 1 + plane.]
1. A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the
hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or
depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or
rise, after the manner of an a["e]roplane.
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2. A projecting plane or fin on a hydroplane[3] to lift the
moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.
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3. a powered surface boat fitted with planes (hydroplanes[2])
projecting below the hull, designed to lift the boat, when
moving rapidly, so that the hull itself is lifted out of
the water and the boat is supported by the hydrodynamic
forces of the water on the hydroplanes[2], thus permitting
higher speeds; formerly called a gliding boat.
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Gliding machine
(gcide) | Gliding machine \Gliding machine\ (A["e]ronautics)
A construction consisting essentially of one or more
a["e]roplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height
to the ground.
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Glidingly
(gcide) | Glidingly \Glid"ing*ly\, adv.
In a gliding manner.
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gliding bacteria
(wn) | gliding bacteria
n 1: bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit
moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste [syn:
myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, {gliding
bacteria}, slime bacteria] |
gliding joint
(wn) | gliding joint
n 1: a freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only
gliding motions [syn: gliding joint, articulatio plana] |
hang gliding
(wn) | hang gliding
n 1: gliding in a hang glider |
paragliding
(wn) | paragliding
n 1: gliding in a parasail [syn: parasailing, paragliding] |
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