Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uav

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: uav
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted (autonomous), that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: UAS (the whole system versus the device itself; loosely synonymous)"
"Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea."
"Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation."

Inflected Forms

UAVs (plural)

Derived Forms

UCAV

Frequently Paired Words

UAP RPV OPV AUV ROV

Synonyms

drone UAS[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

What does uav mean?: Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted (autonomous), that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.

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