ground-effect vehicle

English

Noun

ground-effect vehicle (plural ground-effect vehicles)

1. (aviation, nautical) An aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water.
2. (nautical) Synonym of ground-effect machine

Synonyms

• GEM
• GEV
• ground-effect machine

(ekranoplan):

• ekranoplan
• flarecraft
• sea skimmer
• wing-in-ground-effect vehicle
• wing-in-surface-effect ship

Translations

ekranoplan

• Finnish: maavaikutusalus
• German: Bodeneffektfahrzeug n
• Polish: ekranoplan m, ekranolot m
• Russian: экранопла́н (ru) m (ekranoplán)

See also

• WISE