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Definition of hydroplane in English: hydroplanenoun ˈhʌɪdrəpleɪnˈhaɪdrəˌpleɪn 1A light, fast motorboat designed to skim over the surface of water. Example sentencesExamples - A couple of canoers were out paddling, and a hydroplane came in for a lake landing.
- Since small outboard race boats are one of Montgomery's passions - he has five hydroplanes in his 15-boat fleet - the museum will include a section devoted to outboard racing, complete with a few boats and trophies.
- With all these questions heavily on my mind, I boarded a four-seat Cessna 206 hydroplane for a 40-minute flight to the shores of Fraser Lake in the depth of Alaskan wilderness.
- He nodded, staring out over the clear water to where the hydroplane was now visible, a dot on the horizon.
- Their run established a new world and national record as part of Windermere Records Week which saw high-speed watercraft - from one-man hydroplanes to offshore Formula 1 powerboats - take to the water.
2A movable horizontal attachment that enables a moving submarine to rise or fall in the water. Example sentencesExamples - Hatches are intact, periscope housings in place, propeller-shafts and control rods stick out of the stern alongside intact hydroplanes and rudder.
- The A7 was the first submarine in the Royal Navy to be fitted with hydroplanes on her conning tower.
- The fore and aft hydroplanes are still in position and the external torpedo tubes on the bow are a very impressive sight.
- Stubborn had survived one of the worst attacks of the war, despite the loss of her aft hydroplanes and rudder, and had carried out the deepest-ever dive at the time, to an estimated 165m!
- Upstairs houses interactive tests for youngsters from mechanical diving suit arms to the art of driving a submarine using hydroplanes and the knack of positive and negative buoyancy.
3US A seaplane. Example sentencesExamples - Next, the man declares that he would like to take Nick flying in his hydroplane.
- A dozen of the country's top scientists and intellectuals climbed aboard a hydroplane and flew out into the Bay of Rio to welcome him.
- This park has a rich history dating back to 1927 when Italy's then leader, Mussolini, built a non-military airport for the landing of hydroplanes from outlying lakes.
verb ˈhʌɪdrəpleɪnˈhaɪdrəˌpleɪn [no object]North American a motorist whose car hydroplaned and crashed into a tree another term for aquaplane Example sentencesExamples - Jenny's mom had hydroplaned and skidded off the road.
- When I reapplied the brakes, the right tire probably made contact with the surface, while the left tire still was hydroplaning, thus the pull to the right.
- A car hit this standing water, hydroplaned off the road, and crashed, killing the driver.
- Markus headed for some old airplanes trying to go around them only to have his car hydroplane on a mixture of water and oil.
- Thin tread causes the tire to hydroplane - riding up on a film of water and losing contact with the pavement, similar to driving on ice.
Definition of hydroplane in US English: hydroplanenounˈhaɪdrəˌpleɪnˈhīdrəˌplān 1A light, fast motorboat designed to skim over the surface of water. Example sentencesExamples - Since small outboard race boats are one of Montgomery's passions - he has five hydroplanes in his 15-boat fleet - the museum will include a section devoted to outboard racing, complete with a few boats and trophies.
- Their run established a new world and national record as part of Windermere Records Week which saw high-speed watercraft - from one-man hydroplanes to offshore Formula 1 powerboats - take to the water.
- With all these questions heavily on my mind, I boarded a four-seat Cessna 206 hydroplane for a 40-minute flight to the shores of Fraser Lake in the depth of Alaskan wilderness.
- A couple of canoers were out paddling, and a hydroplane came in for a lake landing.
- He nodded, staring out over the clear water to where the hydroplane was now visible, a dot on the horizon.
2A movable horizontal attachment that enables a moving submarine to rise or fall in the water. Example sentencesExamples - The fore and aft hydroplanes are still in position and the external torpedo tubes on the bow are a very impressive sight.
- The A7 was the first submarine in the Royal Navy to be fitted with hydroplanes on her conning tower.
- Stubborn had survived one of the worst attacks of the war, despite the loss of her aft hydroplanes and rudder, and had carried out the deepest-ever dive at the time, to an estimated 165m!
- Hatches are intact, periscope housings in place, propeller-shafts and control rods stick out of the stern alongside intact hydroplanes and rudder.
- Upstairs houses interactive tests for youngsters from mechanical diving suit arms to the art of driving a submarine using hydroplanes and the knack of positive and negative buoyancy.
3US A seaplane. Example sentencesExamples - Next, the man declares that he would like to take Nick flying in his hydroplane.
- A dozen of the country's top scientists and intellectuals climbed aboard a hydroplane and flew out into the Bay of Rio to welcome him.
- This park has a rich history dating back to 1927 when Italy's then leader, Mussolini, built a non-military airport for the landing of hydroplanes from outlying lakes.
verbˈhaɪdrəˌpleɪnˈhīdrəˌplān [no object]North American (of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on the wet surface of a road. a motorist whose car hydroplaned and crashed into a tree Example sentencesExamples - A car hit this standing water, hydroplaned off the road, and crashed, killing the driver.
- Thin tread causes the tire to hydroplane - riding up on a film of water and losing contact with the pavement, similar to driving on ice.
- Markus headed for some old airplanes trying to go around them only to have his car hydroplane on a mixture of water and oil.
- Jenny's mom had hydroplaned and skidded off the road.
- When I reapplied the brakes, the right tire probably made contact with the surface, while the left tire still was hydroplaning, thus the pull to the right.
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