ultralight

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ light

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/

Adjective

ultralight (not comparable)

  1. Extremely light; weighing very little, of utmost lightness.

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Noun

ultralight (plural ultralights)

  1. An aircraft that weighs very little.
    • 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
      The last time I was at Victoria Falls, ultralights and hang gliders, small planes and helicopters, hot-air balloons and bungee jumpers, gorge swingers and rappelers and cable sliders were jostling for air space above the falls and the canyons that slice through the black basalt below them.

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