Airborne vs Nonairborne - What's the difference?
airborne | nonairborne |
In or carried by the air.
*{{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
In flight.
fitted to an aircraft; e.g. airborne radar.
transported by air in an aircraft; e.g. airborne troops.
Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
As adjectives the difference between airborne and nonairborne
is that airborne is in or carried by the air while nonairborne is not airborne.As a noun airborne
is military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.airborne
English
Adjective
(-)- Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
citation