"ground-effect vehicle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground-effect vehicles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=ground-effect vehicle}} ground-effect vehicle (plural ground-effect vehicles)
  1. (aviation, nautical) An aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water. Categories (topical): Aviation, Nautical Translations (ekranoplan): maavaikutusalus (Finnish), Bodeneffektfahrzeug [neuter] (German), ekranoplan [masculine] (Polish), ekranolot [masculine] (Polish), экранопла́н (ekranoplán) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ground-effect_vehicle-en-noun-OySx9UZ~ Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport Disambiguation of 'ekranoplan': 71 29
  2. (nautical) Synonym of ground-effect machine Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: ground-effect machine [synonym, synonym-of], GEM, GEV, ground-effect machine, ekranoplan, flarecraft, sea skimmer, wing-in-ground-effect vehicle, wing-in-surface-effect ship Related terms: WISE
    Sense id: en-ground-effect_vehicle-en-noun-A6cxRY3x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Topics: nautical, transport

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