midair
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.
Latin āēr
Old French airbor.
Middle English aire
English air
English midair
From mid- + air.
Inflected forms:
form: mid-air
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: midairs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mid-air
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In the act of flight; airborne.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Oh, can’t you?” The Manager paused in his midair flight and regarded the child anxiously. “ Well, if that’s the case,” he added at last, “ we can put you in the movies.”
Hawks, falcons and other raptors share traits that make them formidable hunters. Strong legs with talons can grab and hold their victims. Hooked bills can bite and tear at their prey. And keen eyes search far and wide for their next meal. Owls see well in the dark and hunt at night, but hawks and falcons are active during the day. These diurnal raptors share another trait: phenomenal flying ability. They can soar to great heights and fly at amazing speeds. Sharp shinned and Cooper's hawks dash through the woods after small birds, steering between tangled limbs with their rudder -like tails. Merlins — blue jay-sized falcons — accelerate so fast that they earned the nickname "bullet hawk." North America's smallest falcon, the kestrel, flies into the wind, beats its wings rapidly and hovers while scanning the ground for food. The champion fliers of all are peregrine falcons. When a soaring peregrine spots a meal on the wing, it folds its wings and dives for a midair strike. A peregrine's stoop often reaches 90 miles per hour.
He eased his Stetson off his head with his left hand, clutching the ax handle in his right. Holding the hat by the brim, he flicked it toward the snake. The reptile buried its fangs into the crown of the hat in a midair strike that slapped the Stetson to the floorboards between them.
As if in a midair strike, the caribou bull comes down to land upon the hunter. There is no escape. His bulk crashes down upon you. The wooden spear handle breaks and deeply scrapes your side.
Press A while holding L or R (or simply hit Z) to grab your rival. When your enemy is in your clutches, the fighter won't be able to attack. Hit A or Z or press the Control Stick to attack your rival once he or she is in your grasp. The Control Stick will enable you to toss your rivals upward, which perfectly sets them up for you to perform a midair attack on them.
Equally at home on skyscrapers and bridges as they are on mountainside cliffs, peregrines have become celebrated denizens of New York City, where they have a steady food supply of pigeons, starlings and sparrows and no threat from predators like the great horned owl. While not quite faster than a speeding bullet, the peregrine is reputed to be nature’s most remarkable flying hunter, capable of diving at 200 miles an hour for a midair attack, knocking the prey out with its terrifying talons, then swooping down to catch the falling bird.
gloss: The condition of being airborne.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The leaping dog spun around in midair.
The rooms seemed to run on for blocks, stuffed with automata human and animal assembled and in pieces, disappearing-cabinets, tables that would float in midair and other trick furniture, Davenport figures with dark-rimmed eyes in sinister faces, lengths of perfect black velvet and multicolored silk brocade a-riot with Oriental scenes […]
gloss: A collision between two or more aerospace vehicles in flight.
pos: noun
tags: countable
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