different between glider vs parafoil

English

Etymology

From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: gl?'d?(r), IPA^(key): /??la?d?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??la?d?/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(r)

Noun

glider (plural gliders)

1. One who glides.
2. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
3. A pilot of glider aircraft.
4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the gliding possum.
5. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
6. A kind of garden swing.
   • 1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices (2003), page 73

     Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.

   • 2011, Mary Biever, He Uses It For Good!, page 5

     Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard.

7. (mathematics) In the Game of Life cellular automaton, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

   Hypernym: spaceship

   • 2008, Derek Abbott, Paul C. W. Davies, Arun Kumar Pati, Quantum Aspects Of Life (page 246)

     In Conway's Life interesting effects can be obtained by colliding gliders.

8. A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
9. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

Hyponyms

• hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane

Derived terms

• glider gun
• sugar glider

Translations

Further reading

• glider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gilder, gilder, girdle, girled, gridle, regild, ridgel

Swedish

Verb

glider

1. present tense of glida.

English

Noun

parafoil (plural parafoils)

1. A parachute, kite or glider with an aerofoil-shaped fabric canopy or wing.
2. The wing or sail of such an apparatus.