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airlift

  (âr'lĭft') pronunciation
n.
  1. A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.
  2. A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.

v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts.

v.tr.

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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WordNet: airlift
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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


 
Wikipedia: Airlift (dredging device)

An Airlift is device based on a pipe, used in nautical archaeology to suck small objects, sand and mud from the sea bed and to transport the resulting debris upwards and away from its source. It is sometimes called a suction dredge. A water dredge or water eductor may be used for the same purpose.

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 diver.

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.


 
Translations: Airlift

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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