Meanings
nounground-effect vehicle (plural ground-effect vehicles)
plural ground-effect vehicles
- aeronauticsAn aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water.
- nauticalSynonym of ground-effect machine.
Synonyms: ground-effect machine, GEM, GEV, ground-effect machine, ekranoplan, flarecraft, sea skimmer, wing-in-ground-effect vehicle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of ground-effect machine.
Similar
ground-effect machineGEMGEVground-effect machineekranoplanflarecraftsea skimmerwing-in-ground-effect vehiclewing-in-surface-effect ship
Also see
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 地效飛行器 /地效飞行器
- 地效飛行器 /地效飞行器ekranoplan
Finnish maavaikutusalus
- maavaikutusalusekranoplan
German Bodeneffektfahrzeug
- Bodeneffektfahrzeugekranoplan
Polish ekranoplan, ekranolot
- ekranoplanekranoplan
- ekranolotekranoplan
Russian экранопла́н
- экранопла́н (ekranoplán)ekranoplan
Cite this entry
APA
ground-effect vehicle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground-effect%20vehicle
MLA
“ground-effect vehicle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground-effect%20vehicle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground-effect vehicle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground-effect%20vehicle.
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