Glider

Quick meaning: Glider is a noun meaning One who glides.

Meaning

One who glides.

More Meanings

1. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
2. A pilot of glider aircraft.
3. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
4. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
5. A kind of garden swing.
6. A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
7. (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

Example Sentences

In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.

By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured:

Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.

Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.

Word Forms

• gliders

Synonyms for glider

Depending on context, synonyms include glide, sailplane.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sailplane, hovercraft, sailing, aircraft, sail, slider.

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