WISE

See also: wise, Wise, and -wise

English

Noun

WISE (plural WISEs)

1. (aviation, nautical) Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.

Synonyms

• wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect, wing in surface effect

Derived terms

• WISE ship, WISE plane, WISE airplane, WISE aeroplane, WISE aircraft

Proper noun

WISE

1. (space science, US) Acronym of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. (a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope that performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3-22 μm wavelength bands)

Anagrams

• Siew, wies