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• Glide

  [glahyd] /glaɪd/ verb (used without object), glided, gliding. 1. to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater. 2. to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often followed by along, away, by, etc.). 3. to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed […]

• Glided

  [glahyd] /glaɪd/ verb (used without object), glided, gliding. 1. to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater. 2. to pass by gradual or unobservable change (often followed by along, away, by, etc.). 3. to move quietly or stealthily or without being noticed […]

• Glidepath

  [glahyd-path, -pahth] /ˈglaɪdˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ/ noun, plural glidepaths [glahyd-path z, -pahth z, -paths, -pahths] /ˈglaɪdˌpæðz, -ˌpɑðz, -ˌpæθs, -ˌpɑθs/ (Show IPA) 1. the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.

• Glide path

  noun 1. the approach path of an aircraft when landing, usually defined by a radar beam

• Glide-plane

  noun, Crystallography. 1. a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.

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