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Definition of Direct flight
1. Noun. A flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft.
Definition of Direct flight
1. Noun. (travel) A flight in which the passenger makes intermediate stops but does not change aircraft. ¹
2. Noun. (ornithology) A flight where the bird's altitude does not change significantly with each wing beat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Direct Flight
Literary usage of Direct flight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"AMERICAN also has a daily direct flight (evening departure) from Miami to Guayaquil.
There is a daily direct return flight from Guayaquil to Miami (morning ..."
2. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"It is obvious, then, that these mosquitoes do not progress by direct flight for
considerable distances but usually spread by other means. ..."
3. Elementary Naval Ordnance and Gunnery: Including Close-order Infantry by Hobart Cole Ramsey (1918)
"There are two principal methods of spotting — the direct flight and the splash
... The direct flight METHOD is used for short ranges only, and requires the ..."
4. Gene Transfer in Animal Systems: Bibliography, 1985-1991 (1993)
"An apparently novel fourth MHC isoform, with sequence homology to the rod but
not to the head domain of the 36B MHC, is expressed in two direct flight ..."
5. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1907)
"This would seem to prove that it reaches Louisiana by direct flight across the gulf.
The average date of arrival in southern Louisiana is March 14, ..."
6. Mathematical Philosophy: A Study of Fate and Freedom; Lectures for Educated by Cassius Jackson Keyser (1922)
"... one of whose diagonals is the direct flight d from A to C; d is called the
resultant or flight-sum of a and b because d tells us how far the angel has ..."
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