airplane vs aeroplane
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noun
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Examples
The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
When an airplane is flying, it has a good deal of forward speed and airflow over all of its surfaces.
The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots.
Definitions
noun
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Examples
In some ways he liked having this nice new aeroplane.
As for bridges, fairground rides, aeroplanes and indeed absurdly altitudinous skyscrapers that move perceptibly in the breeze - not fine.
Pissing on the floor or seats of a subway, bus, or aeroplane is considered 'wrong'.
