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Old 20th Sep 2009, 00:01
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ahramin
 
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A Hydroplane is a kind of speedboat. Did you by any chance mean to ask about "Aquaplaning"????

Hydroplane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Never mind. Accuracy has never been seen as particurlarly important on PPRuNe.
Amazing the new class of "intellectuals" we are getting out there who think an entry in a free encyclopedia, written by anyone who feels like it, is a supporting argument.

Agaricus bisporus, may I recommend something less flavour of the day but more practical in terms of not looking like an idiot: a dictionary. My copy of the Oxford English Dictionary contains the following entry:

hydroplane
  • noun 1 a light, fast motor boat. 2 a fin-like attachment which enables a moving submarine to rise or fall in the water. 3 us a seaplane
  • verb another term for aquaplane
While I am sure you are far more accurate than the rest of the PPruners here, perhaps one of them might enlighten you on the difference between a noun and a verb.
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