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Feb 14, 2025

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Aviation Terms

We have watched birds and learned much from their flight. The military has developed supersonic jets that no bird can match for speed. However, there are many things about birds that scientists are studying to better develop aviation.

The following aviation terms come from Latin and are not known by birds:

AVIATION – (L) AVIS – BIRD

ACCELEROMETER – (L) AD – TO + CELER – SPEED + METER – MEASURE

AILERON – (L) ALA – WING

AIRPLANE – (L) AER – AIR + PLANUS – LEVEL

AVIATOR – (L) AVIS + TOR – MALE BIRD

AVIATRIX – (L) AVIS + TRIX – FEMALE BIRD

COMPASS – (L) CUM- WITH + PASSUS – STEP

CONTACT – (L) CUM – WITH, TOGETHER + TANGO, TANGERE – TO TOUCH

INTERCEPTOR – (L) INTER – BETWEEN + CAPIO, CAPERE – TO SEIZE

JET – (L) JACIO, JACERE – TO HURL, TO THROW

MOTOR – (L) MOVEO, MOVERE – TO MOVE

PROPELLER – (L) PRO – FORWARD + PELLO, PELLERE – TO DRIVE

RETRACTABLE – (L) RE- BACKWARDS + TRAHO, TRA HERE – TO DRAG

STABILIZER – (L) STO, STARE – TO STAND

SUPERSONIC – (L) SUPER – ABOVE, BEYOND + SONUS – SOUND

TURBO – PROP (L) TURBO, TURBERE – TO ROUGHEN + PELLO, PELLERE – TO DRIVE

VISIBILITY – (L) VIDEO, VIDERE – TO SEE