Thesaurus results for TRIMOTOR

trimotor

noun

Definition of trimotor

as in biplane

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Recent Examples of trimotor The crash was reminiscent of a 1979 crash in Chicago involving a DC-10, which was the predecessor of the trimotor jet that crashed in Louisville. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026 The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department. — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024 Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public. — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019

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Noun

Presidents have been flying since Teddy Roosevelt took off in a Wright Brothers biplane on a campaign swing in 1910 and Franklin Roosevelt crossed the Atlantic in office on a flying boat during World War II.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
The unmanned biplane was intended to carry explosives over enemy targets before crashing into them.

— Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026

Definition of biplane

Noun

Design, safety, and range Matrix uses a lift-and-cruise compound wing design with a triplane layout and a six-arm structure.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024

Definition of triplane

Noun

In 2010, a seaplane carrying Ted Stevens, likely the most powerful politician ever to come out of Alaska, crashed en route to a salmon lodge near Bristol Bay.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
The neighborhood/area The Raa Atoll, where Joali is located, is under an hour by seaplane from the capital, Malé.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of seaplane

Noun

The other glider landed safely at Plateau Sky Ranch Airport and its pilot was said to be uninjured, police said earlier.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
Though only a prototype used for atmospheric and ground tests, Enterprise proved that a spacecraft could launch like a rocket and land as a glider, enabling the world's first reusable orbital platform.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of glider

Noun

Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.

— Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.

— David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023

Definition of sailplane

Noun

What’s more, even as they are defined by death, bogs are also springboards for unusual and unlikely life-forms that extend our understanding of biology—from acid-flinging mosses to amphibian-eating plants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
At the time, it was classified as Amphibamus grandiceps, another ancient amphibian already well known from the area.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of amphibian

Noun

In one major operation, more than 100 square miles of territory and 16 settlements have been reclaimed, Ukrainian officials have said, crediting methods like using bomber drones to fly robot vehicles behind enemy lines.

— Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Luvamia Faux Suede Zip-up Jacket Suede and fall go together like hot chocolate and a cozy afternoon, so this faux suede bomber was an immediate add-to-cart moment for me.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of bomber

Noun

The company has developed Thunder, a group 5 autonomous tilt-rotor attack helicopter designed as a Loyal Wingman for combat choppers.

— David Szondy July 21, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
While repairs continue, the United States initially relied on MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to transport rescue personnel and emergency supplies into affected areas.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

Definition of tilt-rotor

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