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waverider

waverider noun: a hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.

Noun

waverider (plural waveriders)

  1. A hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.
  2. a surfer
  3. A surfing implement, such as a windsurfer board

Forms of waverider

pluralwaveriders
alternative formwave rider
alternative formwave-rider

Origin of waverider

From wave + rider.

Questions about waverider

What does waverider mean?
Waverider means a hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.
What part of speech is waverider?
Waverider is a noun.
What is the plural of waverider?
The plural of waverider is waveriders.

Words near waverider in the dictionary

  1. wavered
  2. waverer
  3. waverers
  4. waverest
  5. wavereth
  6. waverider
  7. waveriders
  8. wavering
  9. waveringly
  10. waveringness
  11. waverings

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