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Glider   /glˈaɪdər/   Listen
noun
Glider  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, glides.
2.
A heavier-than-air flying machine similar to an airplane, but without an engine. It is typically towed to a high altitide by a powered aircraft and then glides to earth with no other source of power.
3.
A type of seat used on porches or in gardens, which is mounted on a frame so that it may glide forward and backward.





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"Glider" Quotes from Famous Books



... did first bring it to the point of usefulness, and alone among the many pioneers lived to see the adoption of their device by many nations for serious practical use. But it would be unjust to claim for them entire priority in the field of the glider and the heavier-than-air machine. Professor Langley preceded them with an airplane which, dismissed with ridicule as a failure in his day, was long after his death equipped with a lighter motor and ...
— Aircraft and Submarines - The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day - Uses of War's Newest Weapons • Willis J. Abbot


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