as in helicopter
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
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One is a larger, dedicated copter mission for exploring Mars over a far larger area than a rover can manage.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
This caused all four blades to snap at their weakest points, while the resulting vibrations tore the remainder of one blade from the copter.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
Others seem like groups of consumer-level drone copters.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
Companies hoping to begin operating electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) copters are also hoping Trump follows through with a campaign promise to support the technology.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
This caused all four blades to snap at their weakest points, while the resulting vibrations tore the remainder of one blade from the copter.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
Others seem like groups of consumer-level drone copters.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 Dec. 2024
Companies hoping to begin operating electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) copters are also hoping Trump follows through with a campaign promise to support the technology.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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