aerobatics
Luftakrobatik, Kunstflug
The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in…The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
US/ˌɛɹəbˈætɪks/
» Some birds indulge in aerobatics, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of doing so.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
Luftakrobatik, Kunstflug
More definitions
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Examples
1 sentencesSome birds indulge in aerobatics, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of doing so.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
stunts, performed in an airplane:
Origin
Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics.Blend of aeronautic + acrobatics.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft:acrobaticsstuntingstunt flying
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedaerobatic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable