Aviation
[eɪvɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [,evɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the art of operating aircraft.
(noun.) the operation of aircraft to provide transportation.
(noun.) the aggregation of a country's military aircraft.
Typed by Edwina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The art or science of flying.
Editor: Tess
Examples
- Aviation is another bad sign. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If by any chance we _should_ have aviation keep her in the cave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They had been far more thorough and more resourceful than those Europeans who had for some time experimented with aviation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Wrights had now solved the real problem of aviation, equilibrium. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The machine was taken to the Curtiss Aviation Field at Keuka Lake, New York. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But we have formidable aviation, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A great aviation week was held at Rheims, and almost all the world’s famous aviators, except the Wrights, were there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We have a formidable aviation, the old man said happily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Abo ut three years after Langley's death the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution established the Langley Medal for investigations in aerodromics in its application to aviation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The aviation week at Rheims was followed by other great airship meets in other countries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But they are not as formidable as our aviation, the corporal said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The French, as a nation, had for some time been more interested in aviation than any other people. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What aeronautical authorities declared to be the greatest feat in the history of aviation had been successfully accomplished. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What did the aviation do? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We have an aviation that is insuperable. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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