airborne
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- Stati Uniti
In or carried by the air.
aggettivo
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In or carried by the air.
Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
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In flight.
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
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Fitted to an aircraft.
airborne radar
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Transported by air in an aircraft.
airborne troops
Etimologia
Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne
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Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
Forme
- plurale
- airbornes