stealth
11stealth — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS aer. aereo, spec. militare, difficilmente rilevabile dai radar grazie alla sua particolare conformazione e ad altri accorgimenti tecnici come vernici protettive e strumentazioni elettroniche {{line}} {{/line}}… …
12stealth — ► NOUN 1) cautious and surreptitious action or movement. 2) (before another noun ) (of aircraft) designed to make detection by radar or sonar difficult: a stealth bomber. ORIGIN originally in the sense «theft»: probably related to STEAL(Cf.… …
13stealth — [ stelθ ] noun uncount a quiet and secret way of behaving so that no one sees or hears you …
14stealth — [stelth] n. [ME stelthe < base of stelen, to steal: see STEAL] 1. secret, furtive, or artfully sly action or behavior 2. Obs. theft adj. of or incorporating technology designed to prevent military aircraft, etc. from being detected by enemy… …
15stealth — stealthful, adj. stealthfully, adv. stealthless, adj. /stelth/, n. 1. secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure. 2. a furtive departure or entrance. 3. Obs. a. an act of stealing; theft. b. the thing stolen; booty. 4. (cap …
16stealth — n. by stealth (to enter a building by stealth) * * * [stelθ] by stealth (to enter a building by stealth) …
17stealth — [[t]stɛlθ[/t]] n. 1) secret or surreptitious procedure or passage 2) Obs. a) an act of stealing; theft b) the thing stolen; booty 3) cvb surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged: a stealth hiring of the competitor s CEO; the stealth issue… …
18stealth — [[t]ste̱lθ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft by N If you use stealth when you do something, you do it quietly and carefully so that no one will notice what you are doing. Wild animals demand secrecy and a certain amount of stealth from the photographer... Both …
19stealth — noun (U) the action of doing something very quietly, slowly, or secretly so that no one notices you: Cats rely on stealth to catch their prey. | by stealth: They are trying to carry out their aims by stealth, after failing to impose them by law …
20stealth — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stelthe; akin to Old English stelan to steal Date: 13th century 1. a. archaic theft b. obsolete something stolen 2. the act or action of proceeding furtively, secretly, or imperceptibly < the state mo …
