English Explanatory Dictionary

waverider

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.
  2. a surfer
  3. A surfing implement, such as a windsurfer board

Word forms

waverider waveriders wave rider wave-rider

Etymology

From wave + rider.

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