Glider

Pronunciation

• enPR: glÄ«'dÉ™(r), IPA: /ˈɡlaɪdÉ™(r)/
• Rhymes: -aɪdÉ™(r)

Origin

glide + -er

Full definition of glider

Noun

1. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
2. A pilot of glider aircraft.
3. Anything that glides, especially an animal or aircraft.
4. (mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
5. A kind of garden swing.
• 2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good! (page 5)Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.

Hyponyms

• hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane

Derived terms

• glider gun
• sugar glider

Anagrams

• gilder
• girdle
• regild