microdrone

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noun

A very small drone aircraft.

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Meanings

nounmicrodrone (plural microdrones)

plural microdrones

  1. A very small drone aircraft.
    1 more example

    The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York.

    2007 June 25, Ralph Blumenthal, “Flexible and Fearless, Seeking Rescue Work”, in New York Times

Origin

From micro- + drone.

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APA

microdrone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdrone

MLA

“microdrone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdrone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microdrone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdrone.

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