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Dictionary: air·borne   (âr'bôrn', -bōrn') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Carried by or through the air: airborne pollen.
  2. Transported in aircraft: airborne troops.
  3. In flight; flying: The plane is airborne.

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Military Dictionary: airborne
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(DOD) 1. In relation to personnel, troops especially trained to effect, following transport by air, an assault debarkation, either by parachuting or touchdown. 2. In relation to equipment, pieces of equipment that have been especially designed for use by airborne troops during or after an assault debarkation. It also designates some aeronautical equipment used to accomplish a particular mission. 3. When applied to materiel, items that form an integral part of the aircraft. 4. The state of an aircraft, from the instant it becomes entirely sustained by air until it ceases to be so sustained. A lighter-than-air aircraft is not considered to be airborne when it is attached to the ground, except that moored balloons are airborne whenever sent aloft. Also called ABN. See also air transportable unit.

Wikipedia: Airborne
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Airborne usually refers to airborne forces in the military. It may also refer to:

Music:

Video games:

Television and films:

  • Airborne (film), a 1993 comedy–drama film
  • Airborne (1998 film), an action film starring Steve Guttenberg
  • "Airborne" (episode), an episode of the television series House, M.D.

Others:

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Misspellings: airborne
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Common misspelling(s) of airborne

  • airbourne

Translations: Airborne
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - luftbåren

Nederlands (Dutch)
per vliegtuig vervoerd, vliegend

Français (French)
adj. - aéroporté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - in der Luft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιπτάμενος, αερομεταφερόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
aviotrasportato, trasportato dall'aria (di semi o microrganismi)

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - transportado por via aérea

Русский (Russian)
перевозимый по воздуху, бортовой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - aerotransportado, en el aire, volando, transportado o llevado por el aire

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flygburen, luftburen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
空运的, 空降的, 风媒的, 空中传播的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 空運的, 空降的, 風媒的, 空中傳播的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공수의, 공기로 운반되는, 이륙한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 空輸の, 空挺の, 空気で運ばれる, 風媒の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منقول جوا أو بالطائره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בטיסה, טס, מוטס‬


 
 
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abn (abbreviation)
air power
AVS (intelligence)

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