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ultralight, a. and n.
[f. ultra- 3 + light a.1]
A. adj. (Stress variable.) Extremely lightweight; spec. applied to a small, low-speed, inexpensive, usually one-seater aircraft that has a small engine but can also soar and whose fuselage is an open framework without an enclosed cockpit.
B. n. (Stressed ˈultralight.) An ultralight aircraft.
1974Soaring Jan. 44/1 (Advt. heading), Ultralights. 1974Flying Mar. 30/1 Hang gliders have been in the news... Sometimes called ‘ultralight gliders’, they represent the minimum machine capable of controllable sustained flight. 1974Nat. Geographic Dec. 771/2 His ultralight 30-foot canoe was a perfectly balanced sailing machine. 1982Sci. Amer. July 60/1 Only within the past few years has the conjunction of the hang glider and the small engine (Go-Kart or snowmobile) brought the long-sought objective into being as the ultralight airplane. 1982N.Y. Times 22 Aug. i. 1/4 Swarms of these new craft—known to enthusiasts as ultralights—are filling the air. 1983Economist 27 Aug. 47 First on the runway is likely to be Eipper Aircraft of California, the biggest maker of ultralights (almost the same as microlights in Europe). |