aerodrome

== English == === Etymology === (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley in 1897, from Ancient Greek ἀεροδρόμος (aerodrómos, “traversing the air”). (airfield): In the sense of “airfield”, from aero- +‎ -drome, a suffix formed in analogy with hippodrome (“horse racecourse”), from Ancient Greek. === Pronunciation === === Noun === aerodrome (plural aerodromes) An airfield: (law, Australia, Canada, term of art) Any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities. An airfield used for managed aircraft operation, either military or civilian, having such facilities as are necessary for operation. (British) An airfield equipped with air traffic control facilities and hangars as well as accommodation for passengers and cargo; an airport. (obsolete) A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly. 1908 June 8, Nikola Tesla, Little Aeroplane Progress: So Says Nikola Tesla-But He Is Working on One of His Own, letter to The New York Times, Page 6, The Langley and Maxim aerodromes, which did not soar, were in my opinion better pieces of mechanism than their very latest imitations. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: aeradróm ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== aerodromics === References === == Albanian == === Noun === aerodrome indefinite nominative/accusative plural of aerodrom