airframe

noun

Definition of airframenext
as in aircraft

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Recent Examples of airframe Both aircraft share a common airframe, hybrid-electric propulsion system and core technologies, while being configured for different mission requirements. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 Archer Aviation Both versions will share the same airframe, series-electric hybrid powertrain and core systems, with configurable payload depending on requirements of each mission. — Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026 At least that seems to be the message from our winners this year in aviation, where the focus is just as much on technology gains and cabin refinement as on enlarging the airframe. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for airframe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airframe
  1. aircraft
  2. airplane
  3. plane
  4. ship
  5. airship
  6. helicopter
Noun
  • For a relatively small fee, someone meets you at the aircraft, carries your bags, escorts you through customs in just a few minutes, helps collect your luggage, and takes you directly to your transportation.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • International aid mobilized Under the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, Greece and Italy have each sent two Canadair firefighting aircraft to Spain, while Portugal has deployed more than 100 military personnel along with equipment.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 26 July 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • Stronger, more effective composites for electric vehicles, high-speed rail, and airplanes are being produced by lightweight, radiation-tolerant nanomaterials and metamaterials honed for spacecraft, which also reduce weight and increase range.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Private airplanes dropped copies of Harding’s proclamation, but neither side complied.
    — Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • This led to years of combing through the Pan Am and Coast Guard archives in search of clues about the location of the plane's wreckage.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Svetlana Grković, Karović’s wife, told Serbian outlet Nova that the plane had been flying for around 30 minutes before the incident occurred.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • All five ships crossed through an Iranian route, the Kpler data showed.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • Emphasizing that any drone can be a threat in a restricted area, the FBI referred to an incident last year during the LA fires when a man flew his drone into a Super Scooper water dropping airship, grounding it for five days.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Tropical Islands recreates a balmy paradise in an old airship hangar about an hour from Berlin.
    — Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
Definition of airship
Noun
  • The expenditure of those munitions goes along with other losses of materiel, including fighter jets, airborne early warning and reconnaissance planes, helicopters and drones.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The search teams from across counties, the city and the state used helicopters, boats, sonar, drones and cadaver dogs to search a nine-mile stretch of the river.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of helicopter

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