KITE

Kite

A kite is a tethered aircraft. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over and under the kite's wing, producing low pressure above the wing and high pressure below it. This deflection also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind. The resultant force vector from the lift and drag force components is opposed by the tension of one or more of the lines or tethers to which the Kite is attached. The anchor point of the kite line may be static or moving .

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kite

Noun

  1. Any of falconiform birds of prey in the subfamily Elaninae of the family Accipitridae with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.
    A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.
  2. A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
    On windy spring days, we would fly kites.
  3. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
  4. A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
    Four-sided figures without parallel sides include trapezoids and kites.
  5. A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.
  6. A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
  7. An aircraft, or aeroplane.
  8. A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.
  9. A spinnaker.
  10. A short letter.
  11. A rapacious person.
  12. A fish, the brill.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The stomach; belly.

Verb

  1. To fly a kite.
    I'm going kiting this weekend.
  2. To glide in the manner of a kite.
    The wind kited us toward shore.
  3. To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
    We spent the afternoon kiting around the bay.
  4. To toss or cast.
  5. To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
    He was convicted of kiting checks and sentenced to two years in prison.
  6. To cause an increase, especially in costs.
    Rising interest rates have kited the cost of housing.
  7. To keep ahead of (a pursuing monster or mob) in order to attack it repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
  8. To deflect sideways in the water.
  9. To send a short letter.
  10. To steal.


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