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quadcopter

/ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)/

quadcopter noun: a rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.

quadcopter: a rotorcraft propelled by four rotors
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Noun

quadcopter (plural quadcopters)

  1. A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
    • In April, as an Air Canada Jazz flight was landing at Trudeau Airport, a drone came so close the pilot was able to identify it as a quadcopter.2017 October 17, Christina Caron, “After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety”, in New York Times
    • he saw, sweeping back and forth over the treetops, a sleek-looking quadcopter drone.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 235

Synonyms of quadcopter

Forms of quadcopter

pluralquadcopters

Origin of quadcopter

From quad- + copter.

Questions about quadcopter

What does quadcopter mean?
Quadcopter means a rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
What part of speech is quadcopter?
Quadcopter is a noun.
How do you pronounce quadcopter?
Quadcopter is pronounced /ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of quadcopter?
The plural of quadcopter is quadcopters.

Words near quadcopter in the dictionary

  1. quadcasts
  2. quadchromatic
  3. quadchromatically
  4. Quadcom
  5. QuadComm
  6. quadcopter
  7. quadcopters
  8. quadcore
  9. quadcycle
  10. quadcycles
  11. Quaddaffi

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