aircraft
noun
air·craft
ˈer-ˌkraft 
plural aircraft
often attributive
: a vehicle (such as an airplane or balloon) for traveling through the air
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a company that manufactures aircraft
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And Otto claims that the efficiencies gained from the aircraft’s small frame and design choices (including the removal of windows), reduce overall fuel burn by 60 percent compared to other jets of similar size.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
There, the Princess of Wales will view a Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon aircraft, which responds to potential threats, and then head to the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training facility.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
After multiple recent incursions by drones and aircraft into NATO airspace, the alliance is beefing up its presence in Eastern Europe, to counter Russia’s threat.
—Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The aircraft will rely on hydrogen-electric propulsion, in which hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
There, the Princess of Wales will view a Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon aircraft, which responds to potential threats, and then head to the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training facility.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
After multiple recent incursions by drones and aircraft into NATO airspace, the alliance is beefing up its presence in Eastern Europe, to counter Russia’s threat.
—Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
The aircraft will rely on hydrogen-electric propulsion, in which hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Aircraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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aircraft
noun
air·craft
ˈa(ə)r-ˌkraft
ˈe(ə)r-
plural aircraft
: a machine (as an airplane, glider, or helicopter) that can travel through the air and that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the action of the air against its surfaces
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