Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Most gliders do not have an engine, although motor-gliders ha ...
, heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
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Glider (sailplane)
A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring). This unpowered aircraft can use naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to gain altitude. Sailplan ...
, a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of gliding
** Motor glider, heavier-than-air aircraft intended for powered or unpowered flight
Other transport
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Glider (automobiles)
In the United States, with regard to automobiles, a glider is a vehicle without a powertrain (especially without an engine). Gliders are generally sold as unused car bodies, but a second-hand car may also be stripped of its powertrain and sold a ...
, a vehicle without a powertrain
* Glider (Belfast), a bus rapid transit system in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Underwater glider
An underwater glider is a type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that employs variable-buoyancy propulsion instead of traditional propellers or Underwater thruster, thrusters. It employs variable buoyancy in a similar way to a profiling floa ...
, a submarine propelled by changing buoyancy
Animals
* There are at least eight marsupial mammals with the name "glider". They are in two families within the suborder
Phalangeriformes
Phalangeriformes is a paraphyletic suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal locomotion, arboreal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. The species are commonly known as possums, opossums, gliders, and ...
Feathertail glider
The feathertail glider (''Acrobates pygmaeus''), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the world's smallest gliding ...
or pygmy gliding possum, ''Acrobates pygmaeus''
** Biak glider, ''Petaurus biacensis''
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Mahogany glider
The mahogany glider (''Petaurus gracilis'') is an endangered gliding possumNorthern glider, ''Petaurus abidi''
** Squirrel glider, ''Petaurus norfolcensis''
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Sugar glider
The sugar glider (''Petaurus breviceps'') is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum. The common name refers to its predilection for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much lik ...
* Glider (bot), an Internet bot for automating ''World of Warcraft'' gameplay
* Glider (Conway's Life), a pattern in Conway's Game of Life, also used as a hacker emblem
* ''Glider'' (video game), a 1988 Apple Macintosh game by John Calhoun
Epoch
In chronology and periodization, an epoch or reference epoch is an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular calendar era. The "epoch" serves as a reference point from which time is measured.
The moment of epoch is usually decided b ...
Flying and gliding animals
A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding (flight), gliding. This trait has appeared by evolution many times, without any single common ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times in separ ...