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Meaning of UAV | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea.”
“Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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