flying head
nounComputers.
a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
Origin of flying head
1First recorded in 2010–15
Words Nearby flying head
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How to use flying head in a sentence
Incontinently he was flying head over heels through the air at the rate of dozens of miles a minute.
Tales of Space and Time | Herbert George WellsJust so I peeped out, and was dimly seen, through a wild, flying head of hair.
Aunt Madge's Story | Sophie MayOnce he was knocked over by a hooked one under the jaw, but in the next round he sent the Arab literally flying head over heels.
Allan and the Holy Flower | H. Rider HaggardI remember how we all went flying head first into a snow drift.
Christmas Holidays at Merryvale | Alice Hale BurnettWe paint them now in the form of a flying head, with two small wings below the ears.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
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