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Definition of Hydroplane

1. Noun. An airplane that can land on or take off from water. "The designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane"

2. Verb. Glide on the water in a hydroplane.

3. Noun. A speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds. "The museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"

Definition of Hydroplane

1. n. 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 aëroplane.

2. v. i. Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).

Definition of Hydroplane

1. Verb. To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed. ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) : A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing. ¹

3. Noun. A hydrofoil ¹

4. Noun. A seaplane ¹

5. Noun. The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydroplane

1. [v -PLANED, -PLANING, -PLANES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydroplane

hydrophyllium hydrophyte hydrophytes hydrophytic hydrophytic plant hydrophytic vegetation hydrophytology hydropic hydropic degeneration hydropical

hydropically hydropillar hydropillars hydropiper hydropipers hydroplane (current term) hydroplane racing hydroplaned hydroplanes hydroplaning

hydroplasma hydroplastic hydropneumatic hydropneumatosis hydropneumogony hydropneumoperitoneum hydropneumorrhœa hydropneumothorax hydropolysulfide hydropolysulfides

Literary usage of Hydroplane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1909)
"In the case of the hydroplane, the large surface not only, so to speak, ... Comparing a Mauretania hydroplane 88 feet wide with a hydroplane 4 feet wide, ..."

2. From the First Shot: A Picture History of the Great Waredited by Hannah White edited by Hannah White (1918)
"... blazed the trail for United States participation in the war—American aviators of the "Lafayette Escadrille" Central A'< ir« A hydroplane COMING IN From, ..."

3. Model Making: Including Workshop Practice, Design and Construction of Models edited by Raymond Francis Yates (1919)
"CHAPTER XIX A RECORD-BREAKING MODEL hydroplane The hull of the boat—Its flash boiler and twin-cylinder, high-speed steam engine. The model described in this ..."

4. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"THE GOLD CUP RACES HE American Power Boat Association's Gold Challenge Cup was successfully defended this year by the little 20-foot hydroplane PDQ II in ..."

5. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
"The difference in principle between a hydroplane and a pontoon is about the same ... The float used at present is a combination of pontoon and hydroplane; ..."

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