stealth
stealth definition
stealth (stelt̸h)
noun
- secret, furtive, or artfully sly action or behavior
- Obsolete theft
Etymology: ME stelthe < base of stelen, to steal: see steal
adjective
- of or incorporating technology designed to prevent military aircraft, etc. from being detected by enemy radar
- calculated to achieve some aim by going undetected or by being disregarded
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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