Microdrone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very small drone aircraft.

    "The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York."

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"The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York."

Etymology

From micro- + drone.

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