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Definition of 'glider'Noun
( en-noun)
Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
A pilot of glider aircraft.
Anything that glides, especially an animal or aircraft.
(mathematics) In the cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
A kind of garden swing.
* 2011 , Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good! (page 5)
- 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.
Hyponyms
* hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane
Derived terms
* glider gun
* sugar glider
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