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parachute
device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere
Details
- Subclass of
- protective device
- Has parts
- safety harness, cable, handle
- described by source
- Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
- different from
- Spadochron
- has characteristic
- control
- has use
- deceleration
- MCN code
- 8804.00.00
- topic's main category
- Category:Parachutes
- Unicode character
- 🪂
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