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lifting body definition

☆ lifting body

a vehicle combining features of aircraft and spacecraft, designed for reentry into the atmosphere, flight at high altitudes, and the ability to land itself

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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