glider

noun10

1. •
   Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
2. •
   One who glides.
3. •
   Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
4. •
   Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
5. •
   A kind of garden swing.

   • Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket. — 1978
6. •
   Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).

   • The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet. — 2007
7. •
   In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.

   • By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured: — 1989
8. •
   Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.

   • I wanted to test some totalistic automaton and the glider with the B024S1 rule, which Ilmari Karonen described. — 2003
9. •
   A pilot of glider aircraft.
10. •
    A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.