Ground-plan
121ground — 1 /graUnd/ noun EARTH SURFACE 1 (U) the surface of the earth: The leaf slowly fluttered to the ground. | The air raids were followed by military action on the ground. | below/above ground: miners working 10 hour shifts below ground compare floor… …
122ground — I. /graʊnd / (say grownd) noun 1. the earth s solid surface; firm or dry land: fall to the ground. 2. earth or soil: stony ground. 3. land having a special character: rising ground. 4. (often plural) a tract of land occupied, or appropriated to a …
123Ground effect vehicle — A ground effect vehicle, wing in ground effect vehicle (WIG), flarecraft, sea skimmer, ekranoplan, or wing in surface effect ship (WISE) is a vehicle that attains level flight near the surface of the Earth, made possible by a cushion of high… …
124ground — ▪ I. ground ground 1 [graʊnd] noun [countable usually plural] 1. a reason, often a legal or official one, for doing or believing something: ground for • There are grounds for optimism that the slump in the housing market may end. • Are there… …
125Plan de Sánchez massacre — The Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz department, on 18 July 1982. Over 250 people (mostly women and children, and almost exclusively ethnic Achi Maya) were abused and murdered by… …
126Ground Launched Cruise Missile — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=BGM 109G Gryphon (GLCM)1 caption= origin= type=long range, all weather, subsonic tactical/strategic cruise missile used by= manufacturer=General Dynamics unit cost=$1.3 mil propellant= production date=… …
127Ground delay program — An Air Traffic Control Ground delay program or FAA Flow Control is a traffic flow initiative that is instituted by the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Air Space System.This program is usually instituted when the following… …
128Plan B 2.0 — Infobox Book name = Plan B 2.0 title orig = translator = image caption = author = Lester R. Brown illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = release date = 2006 english release date = media… …
