GLIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glider mean? 

• GLIDER (noun)
  The noun GLIDER has 1 sense:

1. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

  Familiarity information: GLIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

glider; sailplane

Hypernyms ("glider" is a kind of...):

heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glider"):

hang glider (a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height)

Derivation:

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

 Context examples 

The research team used both satellite images and subsurface gliders to study the water.

(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)