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词条 Glider
释义

  1. Aircraft

  2. Animals

  3. Culture

  4. Software

  5. Other uses

  6. See also

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Glider may refer to:

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Aircraft

  • Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
    • Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of gliding
    • Military glider, used to transport combat troops and equipment to a combat zone
    • Motor glider, a glider with a power source to generate thrust
    • Hang glider, foot-launched, framed fabric wing, usually used for recreation
    • Paraglider, foot-launched, unframed fabric wing, usually used for recreation
    • Rocket glider, a rocket propelled aircraft that routinely lands as a glider
    • Walkalong glider, a model glider with updraft generated by a person walking behind
    • Paper glider, a model or toy glider made out of paper
  • Gimli Glider, an Air Canada 737 which glided to a successful landing after running out of fuel in 1983

Animals

  • Glider, a marsupial mammal in suborder Phalangeriformes
    • Greater glider, Petauroides volans
    • Feathertail glider or pygmy gliding possum, Acrobates pygmaeus
    • Biak glider, Petaurus biacensis
    • Mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis
    • Northern glider, Petaurus abidi
    • Squirrel glider, Petaurus norfolcensis
    • Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps
    • Yellow-bellied glider or fluffy glider, Petaurus australis

Culture

  • Glider (band), band featuring members of Counting Crows
  • Glider (EP), by My Bloody Valentine
  • Glider (The Sight Below album)
  • Glider (Tokio album), an album by Japanese band Tokio
  • Gliders (Elfquest), fictional tribe of elves in the comic book series Elfquest
  • Glider, Hacker Emblem, a uniting and recognizable symbol of hacker culture, a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life
  • Gliders, nickname for the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team

Software

  • Glider (bot), Internet bot for automating World of Warcraft gameplay
  • Glider (Conway's Life), a type of cellular automaton "spaceship" in Conway's Game of Life
  • Glider PRO, game for the Apple Macintosh, by John Calhoun

Other uses

  • Glider (automobiles), a vehicle without a powertrain
  • Glider (furniture), a comfortable swinging seat that has a motion similar to a rocking chair
  • Glider (video game), a Macintosh game released in 1988
  • Underwater glider, a submarine propelled by changing buoyancy
  • Glider (Belfast), a bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland

See also

  • Glide (disambiguation)
  • Gliding (disambiguation)
  • Flying and gliding animals
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