stealth fighter

noun

A fighter aircraft with a smaller-than-usual radar signature because of its unique body shape, outer coating, and thermal dissipation.

Meanings

nounstealth fighter (plural stealth fighters)

plural stealth fighters

  1. aeronauticsA fighter aircraft with a smaller-than-usual radar signature because of its unique body shape, outer coating, and thermal dissipation.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 隱形戰機 /隐形战机
  • 隱形戰機 /隐形战机 (yǐnxíng zhànjī)military aircraft that is invisible to radar
Finnish häivehävittäjä
  • häivehävittäjämilitary aircraft that is invisible to radar
German Tarnkappenflugzeug, Stealthflugzeug
  • Tarnkappenflugzeugmilitary aircraft that is invisible to radar
  • Stealthflugzeugmilitary aircraft that is invisible to radar
Japanese ステルス機
  • ステルス機 (suterusu-ki)military aircraft that is invisible to radar
Russian стелс-истреби́тель
  • стелс-истреби́тель (stɛls-istrebítelʹ)military aircraft that is invisible to radar
Spanish (avión de) caza furtivo
  • (avión de) caza furtivomilitary aircraft that is invisible to radar
Vietnamese tiêm kích tàng hình
  • tiêm kích tàng hìnhmilitary aircraft that is invisible to radar
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stealth fighter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealth%20fighter.

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