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Definition of Airborne
1. Adjective. Moved or conveyed by or through air.
Definition of Airborne
1. Adjective. In or carried by the air. ¹
2. Adjective. In flight. ¹
3. Noun. Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airborne
1. flying [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airborne
Literary usage of Airborne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"airborne radars would provide in-flight detection of ash clouds for regions ...
Present airborne weather radars are insufficient for detection of volcanic ..."
2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"... German airborne conquest of Crete Pearl Harbor Three regiments of US paratroopers
authorized; the 82nd is reborn as an airborne division The first troop ..."
3. Guide to U.S. Army Museums by R. Cody Phillips (1997)
"82D airborne DIVISION WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM Fort Bragg, North Carolina Hours of
Operation: 10:00 AM-4:30 PM Tuesday-Saturday and all federal holidays, ..."
4. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Silver Spring, Maryland INTRODUCTION The object of this research was to attempt
to develop airborne techniques for ascertaining those areas of permafrost ..."
5. Operation Provide Comfort: Review of U. S. Air Force Investigation of Black by Barbara W. Alsip, Neyla Arnas, Fred Chasnov, Richard E. Chervenak (1998)
"According to the Board's Senior Legal Advisor, the Board did not report the F-15
pilots' nonadherence to that aspect of the order because the airborne ..."
6. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"However, not all researchers agree that exposure to airborne dust places farmers
at increased risk for chronic bronchitis.13 Exposure to grain dust causes ..."
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