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What (who) is hydroplane - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hydroplanation; Hydroplaning (disambiguation); Hydroplanes; Hydroplane (disambiguation)
Hydroplane
·add. ·vi Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).
II. Hydroplane ·add. ·noun A projecting plane or fin on a gliding boat to lift the moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.
III. Hydroplane ·add. ·noun A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an Aeroplane.
hydroplane
¦ noun
1. a light, fast motorboat.
2. a fin-like attachment which enables a moving submarine to rise or fall in the water.
3. US a seaplane.
¦ verb N. Amer. another term for aquaplane.
hydroplane
(hydroplanes)
A hydroplane is a speedboat which rises out of the water when it is travelling fast.
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Hydroplane
Hydroplaning and hydroplane may refer to:
- Aquaplaning or hydroplaning, a loss of steering or braking due to water on the road
- Hydroplane (boat), a fast motor boat used in racing
- Hydroplane racing, a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers
- Floatplane, a type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons
- Flying boat, a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water
- Gallaudet Hydroplane, an early aircraft employing the use of wing-warping for roll control
- Hydrofoil, a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull
- Planing (boat), a method by which the hull of a boat skims over the surface of the water
- Seaplane, a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water
- Diving plane, a submarine control surface used to help control depth
- Hydroblading, a figure skating move sometimes referred to as hydroplaning
Examples of use of hydroplane
1. There were no fake hydroplane races between innings.
2. Hydroplane routes Passengers will be able to travel by hydroplane from the port of Patras to the island of Corfu by the end of the month, authorities said yesterday.
3. Customs agents were on Lake Washington to check waterborne revelers before, during and after the Chevrolet Cup unlimited hydroplane time trials and races.
4. Near Memphis, Tennessee, 48–year–old Susan Lake of Burlison was killed when heavy rains caused her sport–utility vehicle to hydroplane out of control and strike an oncoming tractor–trailer, authorities said.
5. To reach the Amazon, where a canoe will collect you, the Peruvian Air Force flies a twice–weekly hydroplane ... To read the full text of this article you need to have a subscription to the online site.