glider

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who glides.

2. 2

   Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight

   Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.

3. 3

   A pilot of glider aircraft.

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   1. 4

      Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.

   2. 5

      Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).

      • The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet.
   3. 6

      A kind of garden swing.

      • Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.
      • Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.
   4. 7

      In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at…

      In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

      • By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:
      • I believe it is indeed new -- I've gone back through everything I can find, as far back as the early 90's when Heisenburp devices were first invented, and there don't seem to be any reactions based on a glider suppressing a blinker.
      • In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.
   5. 8

      A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.

   6. 9

      Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as…

      Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

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