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To transport in an airlift.
v.intr.To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.
n. an act of transporting supplies by aircraft, typically in a blockade or other emergency.
v.transport (troops or supplies) by aircraft, typically when transportation by land is difficult: helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonym: lift
The verb airlift has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
Synonym: lift
An Airlift is device based on a pipe, used in
Typically the air lift is constructed from a 3 metre to 10 metre long, 10 cm diameter pipe. A controllable compressed air
supply vents into the inside, lower end of the pipe. The input end is always the lower end. Compressed air is injected into the
pipe in one to three second bursts with an interval long enough to let the resulting bubble to rise to the higher, output end of
the pipe. The bubble moves water through the pipe sucking debris from the lower end and depositing it from the upper end of the
pipe. It is often designed to be hand-operated by a
Airlift pumps are used by water utilities, farmers and others to extract water from deep wells. In such cases the pipes can be 30, 60 or more meters deep underground. Airlift pumps are governed by the physics of 2 phase flow.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - luftbro
v. tr. - transportere via luftbro
Nederlands (Dutch)
luchtbrug, per luchtbrug transporteren
Français (French)
n. - pont aérien
v. tr. - évacuer par pont aérien
Deutsch (German)
n. - Luftbrücke
v. - per Luft transportieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αερογέφυρα
Italiano (Italian)
ponte aereo, sostentazione aerodinamica, trasporto aereo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - levantamento (m) pneumático
Русский (Russian)
транспортировка на самолете
Español (Spanish)
n. - puente aéreo
v. tr. - utilizar el puente aéreo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - luftbro
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
空运补给系统, 空运
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 空運補給系統, 空運
v. tr. - 空運
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공중보급
v. tr. - 공수하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 空輸
v. - 空輸する
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) خط تموين جوي, جسر جوي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - רכבת אווירית
v. tr. - העביר ברכבת אווירית
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