Libelle may refer to:
Aircraft
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Dornier Libelle
The Dornier ''Libelle'' (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft, with partly fabric-covered wings. A landplane version, built without sponsons and fitted with ...
, a German flying boat
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Dornier Do 12 Libelle III
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Flylight Libelle, a British powered hang glider
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Glasflügel H-201 Standard Libelle, a German glider
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Glasflügel 205 Club Libelle
The Glasflügel 205 Club Libelle is a high wing, T-tailed, single seat glider that was designed and produced in West Germany by Glasflügel for club and rental use.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 80, Soaring Soc ...
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Glasflügel H-301 Libelle
* Lom-55, 57 and 58 Libelle,
gliders by Lommatzsch, East Germany
Arts, entertainment and media
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Libelle (literary genre)
A ''libelle'' is a political pamphlet or book which libels a public figure. ''Libelles'' held particular significance in France under the Ancien Régime, especially during the eighteenth century, when the pamphlets’ attacks on the monarchy became ...
, a political pamphlet or book which slanders a public figure
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''Libelle'' (Belgian magazine), a weekly women's magazine published in Flanders, Belgium
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''Libelle'' (Dutch magazine), a women's weekly magazine published in the Netherlands
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Libelle of Englyshe Polycye
The ''Libelle of Englyshe Polycye'' (or ''Libel of English Policy'') is a fifteenth-century poem written in English. The work exists in two redactions: the first was composed after the siege of Calais in 1436 but before the end of 1438, and a seco ...
'', a fifteenth-century poem
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Die Libelle'' (''The Dragonfly'') Op. 204, a dance by Josef Strauss, 1866
Other uses
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''Libelle'' (barque), a German sailing ship 1864–1866
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Libelle (cipher), a German cipher system
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Libelle (microcar)
The Libelle was an Austrian three-wheeled microcar
Microcar is a term often used for the smallest size of cars, with three or four wheels and often an engine smaller than . Specific types of microcars include bubble cars, cycle cars, invac ...
, an Austrian 1950s vehicle
* Libelle, a fast jet aircrew
g-suit
A g-suit, or anti-''g'' suit, is a flight suit worn by aviators and astronauts who are subject to high levels of acceleration force ( g). It is designed to prevent a black-out and g-LOC (g-induced loss of consciousness) caused by the blood pool ...
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Operation Libelle
Operation Libelle ("Dragonfly" in German) was an evacuation operation of the German Armed Forces that took place on March 14, 1997 in the Albanian capital of Tirana during the Albanian Civil War. In the same week, American, British, and I ...
, an evacuation of German Armed Forces from Tirana, 1997
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Project 131 Libelle Torpedo Boat
Project 131 Libelle Torpedo boat, also known as the Libelle Klasse (German, 'Dragonfly Class'), was a class of torpedo boats designed, build and used by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War.
Setup
The Libelle class was based o ...
, or Libelle Klasse, East German torpedo boats
See also
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Libelluloidea, a superfamily of dragonflies
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Libel
Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defi ...
, or defamation
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