Aircraft vs Airwise - What's the difference?
aircraft | airwise |
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
Competent and familiar with aircraft or air travel.
* 1927 , Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE journal , volume 19:
* 1979 , Temple Fielding, Fielding's Europe, 1979 :
* 1999 , Howard Mansfield, Skylark: the life, lies, and inventions of Harry Atwood :
As a noun aircraft
is a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.As an adjective airwise is
competent and familiar with aircraft or air travel.aircraft
English
(wikipedia aircraft)Noun
(aircraft)Usage notes
* The nonstandard plural form is in use among non-native speakers of English.Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* aircraft carrier * model aircraft * rocket aircraftairwise
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The Public Should Become Airwise . The whole question of accidents is a very tragic and deeply interesting one. The public does not understand it.
- GENERAL LORE FOR THE AIRWISE . Here's a quick roundup of facts and suggestions for all airborne trippers, regardless of the type of aircraft they happen to fly...
- ...a craft that will astonish even the most airwise of all aeronautical engineers.