Aviation
WordNet

noun


(1)   Travel via aircraft
"Air travel involves too much waiting in airports"
"If you've time to spare go by air"
(2)   The art of operating aircraft
(3)   The operation of aircraft to provide transportation
(4)   The aggregation of a country's military aircraft
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Etymology


From aviation < avis (bird) < Proto-Indo-European *awi- (bird).

Noun



aviation
  1. The art or science of flying.

from aves (Latin) meaning birds

Etymology


Coined by G. de la Landelle. (from verb avier, from avis "bird" + -ation)
 
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