aviation
[ey-vee-ey-shuh n, av-ee-]
- the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft.
- military aircraft.
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Origin of aviation
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Examples from the Web for aviation
Contemporary Examples
Aviation experts across the world experienced severe jaw dropping at this news.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501Clive Irving
January 6, 2015
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501Clive Irving
January 6, 2015
This was very blunt and surprising to hear from any official in charge of an aviation disaster.
Still little known outside the world of aviation, within it he is revered.
The Long Range Strike Bomber may be the most secretive Pentagon aviation program in decades.
Historical Examples
This proposition is one of keen interest in connection with aviation.
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
Work upon the aviation camp at East Harniss had actually begun.
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
Can't you take me to the aviation place sometime, Uncle Jed?
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
Only in his field of aviation medicine did he feel competent, secure.
Warning from the StarsRon Cocking
In the evening we were invited to the aviation camp in the suburbs of Paris.
A Journey Through France in War TimeJoseph G. Butler, Jr.
aviation
- the art or science of flying aircraft
- the design, production, and maintenance of aircraft
- US military aircraft collectively
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Word Origin
C19: from French, from Latin avis bird
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Word Origin and History for aviation
n.
1866, from French aviation, noun of action from stem of Latin avis "bird" (see aviary). Coined 1863 by French aviation pioneer Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle (1812-1886) in "Aviation ou Navigation aérienne."
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