Gliding and In flight

Gliding

Gliding noun - The activity of flying a glider.

In flight and gliding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In flight" instead an adjective "Gliding".

Nearby Words: glide, glided, glider

In flight

In flight adverb - Flying through the air.
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Synonyms for In flight

Gliding and in flight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gliding" instead an adjective phrase "In flight".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Video Game / Mario Kart 7 In the final third of the race, the track opens into an open gliding section where racers have to avoid floating asteroids and fly through a series of smaller, spread-out star rings to stay in flight.
  • Video Game / Aion Each second of gliding in flight zones consume flight time at half rate, but gliding in no-fly zones will consume flight meter at twice the rate of normal flight.
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