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Very light

noun
/ˈvɛɹi lʌɪt/UK

Etymology

Named after Edward W Very, a 19th-century US naval officer.

  1. inherited from *lewktom✻
  2. inherited from *leuhtą✻
  3. inherited from *leuht✻
  4. inherited from lēoht
  5. inherited from light
  6. compounded as very light — “very + light”

Definitions

  1. A type of pyrotechnic flare used as a signal or temporary illumination.

    • Flares exploded, Very lights went up, even tracer, and as Jim raced the Fiat down the track he had the impression of leaving a military tattoo at its climax.

  2. A size classification below that of sublight and above that of ultralight.

  3. An aircraft fitting the size classification.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Peratining to the verylight classification.

    2. Alternative form of very-light.

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