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aerotow

aerotow noun: the launching of a glider by towing it behind a powered aircraft.

Noun

aerotow (plural aerotows)

  1. The launching of a glider by towing it behind a powered aircraft.

Verb

aerotow (third-person singular simple present aerotows, present participle aerotowing, simple past and past participle aerotowed)

  1. (transitive) To launch (a glider) by towing it behind a powered aircraft.

Forms of aerotow

Noun
pluralaerotows
Verb
third-person singular presentaerotows
present participleaerotowing
past participleaerotowed
pastaerotowed

Origin of aerotow

From aero- + tow.

Questions about aerotow

What does aerotow mean?
Aerotow means the launching of a glider by towing it behind a powered aircraft.
What part of speech is aerotow?
Aerotow can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of aerotow?
The plural of aerotow is aerotows.

Words near aerotow in the dictionary

  1. aerotonometers
  2. aerotonometric
  3. aerotonometry
  4. aerotope
  5. aerotopes
  6. aerotow
  7. aerotowed
  8. aerotowing
  9. aerotows
  10. aerotoxic
  11. aerotrain

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