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Noun Concept
Categories: Engineering ratios, Unpowered flight, Gliding animals, Aircraft wing design, Animal flight
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glide  gliding  sailplaning  soaring  sailing
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The activity of flying a glider WordNet 3.0
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flight
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The activity of flying a glider WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. Wikipedia
Flight in the absence of thrust Wikipedia Disambiguation
Mode of flight, heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust;it is employed by gliding animals and by aircraft such as gliders;flying a greater distance horizontally than vertically,distinguished from a simple descent like with a round parachute Wikidata
The action or motion of something that glides. Wiktionary
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