aviationn.

/eɪvɪˈeɪʃən/

Etymology: < French aviation, irregularly < Latin avis bird + -ation suffix.

Aerial navigation by means of an aeroplane, flying; the science of powered flight.

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society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > science or art of powered flight

aviation1866

aerobatics1879

aerodromics1891

1866 J. S. Harry tr. Nadar Right to Fly xvi. 82 The cause of Aviation.

1870 Ann. Rep. Aeronaut. Soc 11 Men do not consider the subject of ‘aërostation’ or ‘aviation’ to be a real science.

1887 tr. J. Verne Clipper of Clouds iv. 38 Robur the conqueror had flown, as if some apparatus of aviation had borne him into the air.

1891 Cent. Mag. Oct. 829 (note) The French, I believe, have agreed on the term ‘aviation’ in case they ever succeed in flying.

1891 Daily News 27 Aug. 5/1 The frequency of the term ‘aviation’ as a synonym for aerial navigation.

1910 R. Ferris How it Flies 455 Aviation—Flying by means of power-propelled machines which are not buoyed up in the air, as with gas bags.

1911 Daily Express 13 June 1/3 The Home Secretary has issued an order prohibiting aviation in specified areas.

1957 Technology Mar. 8/1 Some of the men from whose wisdom he will benefit have been in aviation almost from the beginning.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1908 Daily Report 12 Sept. 4/4 Santos-Dumont..won the first aviation prize.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 4/2 The Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 1/5 The King..drove by motor-car to the aviation ground.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Aug. 1/1 The great aviation week at Rheims.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 7/4 A new aviation motor of 30-h.p.

1915 T. F. Farman in Blackwood Mag. Apr. 435/2 The ever-increasing number of avions and aviation pilots.

1916 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 3 June 357 (title) Aviation sickness; its symptoms and cure.

1920 Flight 26 Feb. 252/1 The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., announce the present retail price of..Pratt's aviation spirit, 4s. 1½d. per gallon.

1920 W. H. Wilmer (title) Aviation Medicine in the A.E.F.

1928 Lancet 7 Apr. 714/1 Aviation or aviators' sickness..a train of complex symptoms occurring in those who take the air.

1960 Times 18 Oct. 13/7 What used to be the School of Aviation Medicine at San Antonio has been the Aerospace Medical Centre for a year now.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	aviation
释义	aviationn. /eɪvɪˈeɪʃən/ Etymology: < French aviation, irregularly < Latin avis bird + -ation suffix. Aerial navigation by means of an aeroplane, flying; the science of powered flight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > science or art of powered flight aviation1866 aerobatics1879 aerodromics1891 1866 J. S. Harry tr. Nadar Right to Fly xvi. 82 The cause of Aviation. 1870 Ann. Rep. Aeronaut. Soc 11 Men do not consider the subject of ‘aërostation’ or ‘aviation’ to be a real science. 1887 tr. J. Verne Clipper of Clouds iv. 38 Robur the conqueror had flown, as if some apparatus of aviation had borne him into the air. 1891 Cent. Mag. Oct. 829 (note) The French, I believe, have agreed on the term ‘aviation’ in case they ever succeed in flying. 1891 Daily News 27 Aug. 5/1 The frequency of the term ‘aviation’ as a synonym for aerial navigation. 1910 R. Ferris How it Flies 455 Aviation—Flying by means of power-propelled machines which are not buoyed up in the air, as with gas bags. 1911 Daily Express 13 June 1/3 The Home Secretary has issued an order prohibiting aviation in specified areas. 1957 Technology Mar. 8/1 Some of the men from whose wisdom he will benefit have been in aviation almost from the beginning. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1908 Daily Report 12 Sept. 4/4 Santos-Dumont..won the first aviation prize. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 Mar. 4/2 The Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup. 1909 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 1/5 The King..drove by motor-car to the aviation ground. 1909 Daily Chron. 18 Aug. 1/1 The great aviation week at Rheims. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 7/4 A new aviation motor of 30-h.p. 1915 T. F. Farman in Blackwood Mag. Apr. 435/2 The ever-increasing number of avions and aviation pilots. 1916 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 3 June 357 (title) Aviation sickness; its symptoms and cure. 1920 Flight 26 Feb. 252/1 The Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., announce the present retail price of..Pratt's aviation spirit, 4s. 1½d. per gallon. 1920 W. H. Wilmer (title) Aviation Medicine in the A.E.F. 1928 Lancet 7 Apr. 714/1 Aviation or aviators' sickness..a train of complex symptoms occurring in those who take the air. 1960 Times 18 Oct. 13/7 What used to be the School of Aviation Medicine at San Antonio has been the Aerospace Medical Centre for a year now. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1866
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