dethermalizer

As a noun dethermalizer is

a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.

As nouns the difference between airplane and dethermalizer

is that airplane is (us) a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings while dethermalizer is a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.

As nouns the difference between thermal and dethermalizer

is that thermal is (meteorology) a column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of earth's surface while dethermalizer is a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.

As an adjective thermal

is pertaining to heat or temperature.

As a verb descend

is to pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward.

As a noun dethermalizer is

a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.

As nouns the difference between glider and dethermalizer

is that glider is any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane while dethermalizer is a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.

As nouns the difference between aerodynamics and dethermalizer

is that aerodynamics is while dethermalizer is a device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal.