ALL meanings of glider
glid·er
G g - noun glider A light aircraft that is designed to fly for long periods without using an engine. 1
- noun glider a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents. 1
- noun glider a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs. 1
- noun glider a person or thing that glides. 1
- noun glider a person who pilots a glider. 1
- noun glider aircraft without motor 1
- noun glider animal: flying possum 1
- countable noun glider A glider is an aircraft without an engine, which flies by floating on air currents. 0
- noun glider an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine 0
- noun glider a person or thing that glides 0
- noun glider a heavier-than-air aircraft without an engine, using airflow to produce free flight 0
- noun glider a porch seat suspended in a frame so that it can glide or swing back and forth 0
- noun glider Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane. 0
- noun glider A pilot of glider aircraft. 0
- noun glider Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum. 0
- noun glider (mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid. 0
- noun glider A kind of garden swing. 0