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Glider

//ˈɡlaɪdɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who glides.
  2. 2
    aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces wordnet
  3. 3
    Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
  4. 4
    A pilot of glider aircraft.
  5. 5
    Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
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  1. 6
    Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).

    "The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet."

  2. 7
    A kind of garden swing.

    "Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket."

  3. 8
    In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

    "By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:"

  4. 9
    In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.; Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection. broadly

    "It is a reversible rule, and an interesting one. Shortly after I implemented it, Chris and I were watching it run from a small random configuration of vants, when we noticed a structure consisting of 2 vants propagating away from the others -- it is a glider of sorts, consisting of 2 cooperating vants moving along, erasing each others' trail."

  5. 10
    A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
  6. 11
    Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

Etymology

From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.

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