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hang glider: see glider glider, type of aircraft resembling an airplane but having at most a small auxiliary propulsion plant and usually no means of propulsion at all. The typical modern glider has very slender wings and a streamlined body.
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hang glider [′haŋ ‚glīd·ər]

(aerospace engineering)

A flexible, deployable, steerable, kitelike glider from which a harnessed rider hangs during flight.

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