Parachute Definition–noun | 1. | a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, esp. from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall. | | 3. | Horology. a shockproofing device for the balance staff of a watch, consisting of a yielding, springlike support for the bearing at either end. | | 4. | Informal. | a. | the aggregate of benefits, as severance pay or vacation pay, given an employee who is dismissed from a company. | | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to drop or land (troops, equipment, supplies, etc.) by parachute. | –verb (used without object) | 6. | to descend by parachute. | |
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device that slows the vertical descent of a body falling through the atmosphere or the velocity of a body moving horizontally. The parachute increases the body's surface area, and this increased air ...
Da Vinci's parachute
Da Vinci discussed the parachute in a notebook entry now contained in the Codex Atlanticus. Although it is unlikely he actually tested his idea, a drawing by da Vinci in the codex shows a ...
skydiving
There are other forms of sport parachuting that do not utilize aircraft as a launching platform. One such sport is paragliding, in which a pilot seated in a harness connected to a parachute canopy ...
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skydiving
There are several training programs in skydiving. In the original military training, known as a static-line program, a skydiver exits the aircraft and wears a chute that is deployed by a tether line. ...
Lenormand, Louis-Sebastien
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skydiving
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skydiving
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paragliding
sport of flying parachutes with design modifications that enhance their gliding capabilities. Unlike hang gliders, their close relations, paragliders have no rigid framework; the parachute canopy ...
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Related topics from Ask NewsParachute jumping topless women - the best commercial ever made?
BizReport.com - Found Dec. 23, 2008
Controversy is spinning over a brave online video campaign featuring dozens of topless sexy chicks parachute jumping to form a sky message...
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Liberals trying to 'parachute' Ignatieff into PM's role: Tory letter
Sympatico - Found Dec. 10, 2008
The Conservatives issued a fundraising letter on Wednesday painting interim Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff as a parachute leader who wasn't...
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Skydiver with damaged parachute saved by avocados
Miami Herald - Found Dec. 8, 2008
But as he jumped, the parachute snagged, fire rescue said, damaging both the plane and the parachute. The damaged parachute meant the man...
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Dillow gets four years, golden parachute from city councilmen
Nogales International - Found Dec. 24, 2008
... four years, golden parachute from city councilmen Published Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:18 AM MST With three “shirts” on the council leaving ...
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Dillow gets four years, golden parachute from city councilmen
Nogales International - Found Dec. 24, 2008
... four years, golden parachute from city councilmen Published Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:18 AM MST With three “shirts” on the council leaving ...
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Man rescued after parachute cliff-face drama
Sidmouth Herald - Found Dec. 23, 2008
The 21-year-old's parachute snagged on rocks while he was base jumping at Beer Head, near Sidmouth, leaving him clinging to rocks and facing a...
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Parachute jumper in dramatic rescue on cliff face
Exeter Express and Echo - Found Dec. 22, 2008
He had launched himself with his parachute canopy from the top of the cliff early yesterday morning but had drifted back onto the rock face.
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What happens when you combine skis with a parachute?
MSNBC Local - Found Nov. 30, 2008
In snowkiting, skiers or snowboarders are attached to a small parachute and then ride across the snow using the power of the wind.
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Parachute jump to raise funds for equine disease fight
HorseTalk.co.nz - Found Dec. 4, 2008
The British Horse Society is looking for hundreds of adventurous volunteers to make a fundraising parachute jump to help raise vital funds to help
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AFLAC CEO foregoes "Golden Parachute" of $$26 Million
Motor Trend - Found Dec. 2, 2008
Aflac CEO Forgoes $26 Million 'Golden Parachute' YET, AIG CEO took $107 MILLION from our BAIL OUT money as did the others who got the bail out...
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