gliding path
1Gliding machine — (A[ e]ronautics) A construction consisting essentially of one or more a[ e]roplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2Gliding competition — Competition grid at 2004 UK Standard Class Nationals, Aston Down Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions. These are usually racing competitions, but there are also aerobatic contests and on line league tables …
3path — A road or way; the course taken by an electric current or by nervous impulses. SEE ALSO: pathway. [A.S. paeth] clinical p. a map that outlines the entire track or p. a patient is expected to follow throughout the course of treatment and beyond.… …
4gliding angle — noun Etymology: gliding from gerund of glide (I) : the angle between the plane of the horizon and the path of a glider or airplane; especially : the least angle at which a glider or airplane will glide to earth in still air …
5Hang gliding — Hang glider launching from Mount Tamalpais …
6skim — I. verb (skimmed; skimming) Etymology: Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from Anglo French escumer, from escume foam, scum, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schum scum more at scum Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to clear… …
7skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …
8skim — [[t]skɪm[/t]] v. skimmed, skim•ming, n. 1) to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle 2) to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk[/ex] 3) to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of… …
9locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …
10Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
