aviation
IPA: eɪviˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
- Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
- Industry that produces aircraft.
- (collectively, military) aircraft
- A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice
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Examples of "aviation" in Sentences
- If he gets interested in aviation, we can taylor the curriculum to his interests immediately.
- Russia never owned a dedicated aircraft carrier until the cold war was all but over, rather owned what they called aviation cruisers - or ships with long range missiles that also carried lots of helicopters.
- Now, this is an unprecedented effort on the part of the Department of Transportation, on the part of industry and on the part of labor and others to work together to identify best practices across all modes that should be incorporated into contingency response plans, similar to what we see in the aviation community through what they call the aviation security contingency plan.
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