small plane

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandplane

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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plane
noun[C]
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofsmallandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The whirlwind effect that lies at the base of the nozzle is eliminated following the positioning of asmallplaneat the base of the nozzle intake.
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A large number ofsmallplanemirrors are fixed along an ellipse having one focal point a t the measuring volume and the other a t a rotating mirror.
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This is asmallplanethe wings of which can be moved back at variable angles.
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According to the evidence at the inquest, the accident was caused because asmallplanewas not able to rise over the objects around it.
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It was quite asmallplane, and there was not much room for the two of us.
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Is there any reasons, for example, why a flight in asmallplaneby a businessman should be allowed as an input when car expenses are not?
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Apart from the two roads, transport is bysmallplane, helicopter, four-wheel drive truck and army truck.
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Two movie cameramen had their film flown out daily in asmallplanefrom a specially prepared airstrip.
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Asmallplaneis the way it was described must have flown into the building.
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Reventlow, a pilot, died in the crash of asmallplanein 1972 in which he was a passenger.
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As he returns, thesmallplanein which he travels suffers an accident very close by to the ranch.
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Soon after her parents flew over her in asmallplanein order to witness the passage.
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A typical machine's register set usually used only onesmallplaneof this form of core memory.
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The prisoners escape with the joke on asmallplane.
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A local attorney who owned asmallplanewould take him on flights for a $1 fee and taught him the basics of flying an airplane.
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The only ways to get to the site were hundreds of miles by boat, or else bysmallplane.
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That tower fell in asmallplanemishap in 2000 and was replaced.
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There her parents and media flew over her in asmallplanein order to welcome her.
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In winter asmallplaneassumes this service, weather permitting.
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