STEALTH


Meaning of STEALTH in English

■ noun

1》 cautious and surreptitious action or movement.

2》 [as modifier ] (chiefly of aircraft) designed in accordance with technology which makes detection by radar or sonar difficult: a ~ bomber.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'theft'): prob. representing an OE word related to steal , + -th 2 .

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