Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delta glider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: delta glid-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gliding aircraft with a delta wing.

Example Sentences

"After extensive wind-tunnel work he evolved a series of designs, starting with a very advanced delta glider and culminating in a supersonic aeroplane with a revolutionary coal-burning ram-jet."
"In response, NACA Director Hugh L. Dryden formed a "Round Three" […] steering committee which evaluated the various projects and then recommended to the Air Force, in September 1957, that the service sponsor development of a flat-bottom hypersonic delta glider."

Etymology

From the shape of the Greek letter delta (Δ); see delta wing.

Inflected Forms

delta gliders (plural)

Questions

What does delta glider mean?: A gliding aircraft with a delta wing.
Where does delta glider come from?: From the shape of the Greek letter delta (Δ); see delta wing.

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