flotilla

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

   “Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.”

2. isim A small group of things or people

   “After a few moments Chloe saw Rosamund walking towards them with a small flotilla of shopping bags.”

3. isim A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.

   “For rule R(2222) a flotilla of six gliders traveling eastwards is generated.”