Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
Synonyms: flying, flight, aeronautics, powered flight More Synonyms of aviation
aviation in British English
(ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
a.
the art or science of flying aircraft
b.
the design, production, and maintenance of aircraft
2. US
military aircraft collectively
Word origin
C19: from French, from Latin avis bird
aviation in American English
(ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən; occas. ˌ æviˈeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the art or science of flying airplanes
2.
the development and operation of heavier-than-air craft, including airplanes and piloted or guided rocket ships
3.
aircraft, esp. military aircraft, collectively
Word origin
Fr < L avis, bird
Examples of 'aviation' in a sentence
aviation
This is strictly prohibited in accordance with international civil aviation law.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The results come after the safest year on record for civil aviation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Aviation policy is not one of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Unions attacked the oil companies for endangering safety with aviation fuel.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Such technology has previously been restricted to the realms of military aviation and science fiction.
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The airstrip is steeped in aviation history.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There would have been no escape as more than sixty gallons of aviation fuel ignited.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
For this is not just the last chance to possess a bit of aviation history.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The giant blamed the move on the spiralling cost of aviation fuel.
The Sun (2011)
Are they going to tax aviation fuel?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some found jobs in civil aviation.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
The planes are too, in the absence of an aviation policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The country's military aviation industry is already using the technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The DfT is expected to publish its new policy on aviation next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Producers are keeping tight-lipped over whether the winning pooch will make aviation history.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And yet the Government has no aviation policy worth the name.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But his name is a legend in yacht racing - as it is in aviation history.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The sheikh is a member of the ruling family in Qatar and has a background in the military and aviation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That trend has resulted in the company making a commitment to build its first civil aviation helicopter in Yeovil in more than three decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The military aviation side is holding up for now but will not be immune to US defence cuts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The head of civil aviation in Malaysia said yesterday it was possible that the aircraft was on the ground when the last signals were sent.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But now, aviation experts worry that we've gone too far.
Christianity Today (2000)
In the end, the report was stronger in its rejection of Gatwick than many aviation industry experts predicted.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If the pilots did not report any problem, an explosive or other foul play cannot be excluded, aviation experts said.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But the families of the pilots, and many aviation experts, have long argued that the ruling represented an unjust blight on two fine careers.
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In other languages
aviation
British English: aviation NOUN
Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
...the aviation industry.
American English: aviation
Brazilian Portuguese: aviação
Chinese: 航空
European Spanish: aviación
French: aviation
German: Luftfahrt
Italian: aviazione
Japanese: 航空術
Korean: 항공
European Portuguese: aviação
Latin American Spanish: aviación
All related terms of 'aviation'
aviation fuel
fuel used to power airplanes
naval aviation
the application of manned military air power by navies
aviation authority
a body that is responsible for overseeing the aviation industry
aviation capacity
The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity , it is as full as it can possibly be.
aviation history
You can refer to the events of the past as history . You can also refer to the past events which concern a particular topic or place as its history.
aviation industry
a collective term for the companies involved in air transport
aviation insurance
Aviation insurance is insurance cover for aircraft, and for damage , injury , or loss of life or cargo while traveling on aircraft.
aviation medicine
the branch of medicine concerned with the effects on the human body of flight in the earth's atmosphere
general aviation
aviation that includes the operation of all nonmilitary aircraft except for commercial passenger and cargo airliners
Civil Aviation Authority
the national body governing civil aviation
Federal Aviation Administration
the body which regulates all aspects of civil aviation
(noun)
Definition
the art or science of flying aircraft
the aviation industry
Synonyms
flying
flight
Supersonic flight could become a routine form of travel.
aeronautics
powered flight
see also subject word lists:
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subject word lists
See terms used in aviation
Additional synonyms
in the sense of flight
Definition
the act or manner of flying
Supersonic flight could become a routine form of travel.