powered flight

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerandflight

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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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flight
noun
uk
/flaɪt/us
/flaɪt/
a journey in ...
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(Definition ofpowerandflightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpowered flight

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Most insect migrants take advantage of the wind to travel much further than would be achievable by theirpoweredflightalone.
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Mirror diameter required to focus on a 10-cm-diameter sounding rocket collecting optic at the end ofpoweredflight, for three wavelengths, versus final altitude achieved by the rocket.
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It was destroyed because of a failure during the first stage ofpoweredflight.
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Perhaps it would not be rude of me to say that her birthday more or less coincides with the anniversary ofpoweredflight.
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The following year saw the widespread recognition ofpoweredflightas something other than the preserve of dreamers and eccentrics.
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It provides two attachment points for the risers of a paraglider wing that allows forpoweredflight.
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The first stage also had two fixed air vanes for stability during first stagepoweredflight.
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The concept of using aircraft as ambulances is almost as old aspoweredflightitself.
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Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolvedpoweredflight.
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With the advent ofpoweredflightat the start of the 20th century, artillery also included ground-based anti-aircraft batteries.
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With only seven and a half minutes ofpoweredflight, the fighter truly was a dedicated point defense interceptor.
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Scientific advancement and the discovery of new concepts later allowed forpoweredflight, and advancements in medicine, chemistry, physics and engineering.
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While demonstrably able to fly as a person-carrying kite, it seemed unpromising as a direction for research intopoweredflight.
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This awakened an interest in the problems ofpoweredflight.
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However, those that live at grass level must usepoweredflight, sometimes aided with a leap, as with the grasshopper.
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Gas balloons remained popular throughout the age beforepoweredflight.
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In the 20th century, the development ofpoweredflightaircraft prompted the development of air forces, serviced by airmen.
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Both groups can move bypoweredflight, but flight has evolved independently in the two groups.
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Thepoweredflightportion can last from a few tens of seconds to several minutes and can consist of multiple rocket stages.
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