Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A point or region in the air.
- adjective Occurring in midair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun some point in the air; above ground level; ; also used attributively.
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- noun aeronautics a
collision between two or more aerospace vehicles inflight . - adjective In the act of flight;
airborne .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun some point in the air; above ground level
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Examples
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The flight had to make an energy landing in Manila after what they call a midair rupture.
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His awesome telekinetic powers — blowing up tanks, building nuclear reactors in midair — are almost incidental to his bewildering metaphysical insights.
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I can just hear his French words echoing across the sandy beach, translating themselves in midair before reaching the Drunk Boat bar on the boardwalk above, near to which a red-faced tourist stands hesitant.
Jean-Marc 2009
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A mental snapshot of him conjures not a face but a ribbon of pipe smoke emanating from behind an open volume, an omnipresent red pen poised in midair for the next margin note.
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The robot spun in midair its front left flank pierced and spewing oil.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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A laser-based lightsaber would require a block or a couple of mirrors floating in midair, moving in sync with the hilt — which is of course largely impossible.
Lightsaber Turns 50 – GE Engineer Explains How It Could Not Possibly Work | Impact Lab 2010
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His awesome telekinetic powers — blowing up tanks, building nuclear reactors in midair — are almost incidental to his bewildering metaphysical insights.
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A mental snapshot of him conjures not a face but a ribbon of pipe smoke emanating from behind an open volume, an omnipresent red pen poised in midair for the next margin note.
My Kind of Guy 2009
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He fired a single shot at the blonde man, but was more than shocked to see that the bullet froze in midair just inches from his nose.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Chozen’s Review Forum 2009
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The pool of utter blackness hung impossibly in midair, just as it always did.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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