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/keuhn verr"teuh playn'/, n.convertiplane.
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convertaplane
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convertaplane — noun see convertiplane … New Collegiate Dictionary
convertaplane — con·vert·a·plane … English syllables
convertaplane — noun see convertiplane * * * /keuhn verr teuh playn /, n. convertiplane … Useful english dictionary
convertiplane — also convertaplane noun Date: 1949 an aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter and is convertible to a fixed wing configuration for forward flight … New Collegiate Dictionary
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convertiplane — /keuhn verr teuh playn /, n. a plane capable of both vertical flight like a helicopter and fast, forward speed like a conventional airplane. Also, convertaplane, convertoplane. [1945 50; CONVERT + I + PLANE1] * * * … Universalium
con|vert|i|plane — «kuhn VUR tuh PLAYN», noun. an aircraft that operates like a conventional airplane in level flight, but which takes off and lands like a helicopter: »A convertiplane with a helicopter rotor above the fuselage powered by small jet units at the tip … Useful english dictionary
