flight
1. a. a scheduled airline journey
b. an aircraft flying on such a journey
2. the basic tactical unit of a military air force
3. a journey through space, esp of a spacecraft
4. Athleticsa. a single line of hurdles across a track in a race
b. a series of such hurdles
5. a bird's wing or tail feather; flight feather
6. a feather or plastic attachment fitted to an arrow or dart to give it stability in flight
8. the distance covered by a flight arrow
9. Sport, esp cricketa. a flighted movement imparted to a ball, dart, etc.
b. the ability to flight a ball
10. Angling a device on a spinning lure that revolves rapidly
11. a large enclosed area attached to an aviary or pigeon loft where the birds may fly but not escape
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flight
[flīt] (aerospace engineering)
The movement of an object through the atmosphere or through space, sustained by aerodynamic reaction or other forces.
(civil engineering)
A series of stairs between landings or floors.
(mechanical engineering)
Plain or shaped plates that are attached to the propelling mechanism of a flight conveyor.
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flight
A continuous series of steps with no intermediate landings.
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flight
i. A single aircraft airborne on a nonoperational mission.
ii. The basic tactical unit in the air force, consisting of four or more aircraft in two or more elements.
iii. One of the elements of the squadron (e.g., A flight, B flight, etc.).
iv. The art or the act of flying with wings or in an airplane or other vehicle.
v. The movement of an object through the atmosphere or space sustained by aerodynamic, aerostatic, or reaction forces or by orbital speed. The movement of a human-operated or humancontrolled device, such as a rocket, a space probe, a space vehicle, or an aircraft. Also, an instance of such a movement.
vi. A regular air journey, numbered and at a fixed time, made by an aircraft.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Flight
a tactical and fire subunit composed of three or four aircraft, of different arms of aviation. Several flights make up a squadron. A flight may carry out its combat mission as part of the squadron or independently.
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