convertaplane

convertaplane
/keuhn verr"teuh playn'/, n.
convertiplane.

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  • convertaplane — noun see convertiplane * * * /keuhn verr teuh playn /, n. convertiplane …   Useful english dictionary

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  • convertiplane — /keuhn verr teuh playn /, n. a plane capable of both vertical flight like a helicopter and fast, forward speed like a conventional airplane. Also, convertaplane, convertoplane. [1945 50; CONVERT + I + PLANE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • con|vert|i|plane — «kuhn VUR tuh PLAYN», noun. an aircraft that operates like a conventional airplane in level flight, but which takes off and lands like a helicopter: »A convertiplane with a helicopter rotor above the fuselage powered by small jet units at the tip …   Useful english dictionary

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