stealth

Definitions


[stɛlθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- cautious and surreptitious action or movement
(e.g: the silence and stealth of a hungry cat)

- (chiefly of aircraft) designed in accordance with technology which makes detection by radar or sonar difficult
(e.g: a stealth bomber)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘theft’): probably representing an Old English word related to steal, + -th




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