Sortie

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
2. isim An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

   “Their aircraft had no belly gunners and were at the mercy of Luftwaffe fighters that attacked from below. Whenever they lifted off on a mission, they departed with the knowledge that this sortie could easily be their last.”

3. isim An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.

   “Finally, the astronauts will descend to the lunar surface. After their sortie on the moon, they'll return to the orbital station.”

4. isim An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
5. isim An attacking move.

   “Kai Johansen made a sortie down the right and, running out of ideas, tried a shot from more than 20 yards.”

6. isim An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
7. isim Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).

   “[I]t was all encompassed by the palisades and breastworks, to which were but three sorties, whence the defenders might sally, or through which at need the vanguard might secure a retreat.”

8. isim A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
9. fiil To carry out a sortie; to sally.

   “Five Italian warships identified as two cruisers and three destroyers, sortied down the Albanian coast during the morning of 4 March and commenced shelling the coastal road near Himara and Port Palermo, under cover of a strong fighter escort of G.50bis and CR 42s from the 24º Gruppo CT.”

10. özel isim A surname.