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  • 1hovercraft — [huv′ər kraft΄] n. [ HOVER + (AIR)CRAFT] a vehicle which travels across land or water just above a cushion of air provided by a downward jet, as from its engines and propellers …

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  • 2Hovercraft — A hovercraft, or air cushion vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface supported by a cushion of slowly moving, high pressure air, ejected downwards against the surface below, and… …

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  • 3Ship transport — Water transport redirects here. For the transportation of water, see Water transportation. Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, India …

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  • 4air-cushion machine — ▪ vehicle Introduction also called  ground effect machine,  or  hovercraft,         any of the machines characterized by movement in which a significant portion of the weight is supported by forces arising from air pressures developed around the… …

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  • 5List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero vehicles — For Dreadnok and Iron Grenadier vehicles, see Dreadnoks and Iron Grenadiers. The G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline was introduced by Hasbro in 1982, and lasted to 1994, producing well over 250 vehicles (i.e. in universe are meant to move… …

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  • 6Surface effect ship — A Surface Effect Ship (SES) or Sidewall Hovercraft, is a watercraft or vessel that has both an air cushion, like a hovercraft, and twin hulls, like a catamaran. When the air cushion is in use, a small portion of the twin hulls remain in the water …

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  • 7Amphibious vehicle — An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water just like an amphibian.This definition applies equally to any land and water transport, small or large, powered… …

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  • 8Coandă effect — Venturi and Coandă effect The Coandă effect  / …

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  • 9Mode of transport — Part of a series on Transport Modes …

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  • 10Transport — or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans ( across ) and portare ( to carry ). Industries which have the business of providing transport equipment, transport services …

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