different between aircraft vs preflight

English

Etymology

From air +? craft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.k???ft/, /??.k???ft/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???.k?æft/, /???.k?æft/

Noun

aircraft (plural aircraft)

1. A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift

Usage notes

• The nonstandard plural form aircrafts is in use among non-native speakers of English.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:aircraft

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• aeroplane (UK), airplane (US)

English

Etymology

pre- +? flight

Adjective

preflight (not comparable)

1. Taking place before the start of a flight.
2. (computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.

   a CORS preflight request

Noun

preflight (plural preflights)

1. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

Verb

preflight (third-person singular simple present preflights, present participle preflighting, simple past and past participle preflighted)

1. To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.