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Past experince has shown that if 41 tickets are sold for the flight, then the probability distribution for the number who actually show up for the flight is as shown in the table below:

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  1. noun The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space.
  2. noun An instance of such motion.
  3. noun The distance covered in such motion.
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  • Past experince has shown that if 41 tickets are sold for the flight, then the probability distribution for the number who actually show up for the flight is as shown in the table below: —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • I thought "hhmm that's odd" as my flight was at 20: 00 and yet there was flight info for ones later than that. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Relaxing into the plush cushions, air stewards began offering pre-take off beverages and as the flight was already pushed back an hour later than scheduled, most were eager to get into the air. —  ETravelBlackboard.com
  • During a news conference Tuesday, Mayor Ray Nagin said the flight will be a boost to both tourism and business and provide for easier travel for regional residents who have family ties with Mexico and Honduras.
  • "This flight is a major milestone for the Saab and GE propulsion integration team, which adapted the Gripen aircraft and the F414 engine," said Tony Mathis GE - Vice President. —  Skycontrol
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flight:   flights
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English flyht; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old English *flyht; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English flight, flyght, flyt, fligt, fluht, from Anglo-Saxon flyht, flight, the act or power of flying, = Dutch vlugt, vlucht, flight, the extent between the two extremities of a bird's wings, escape, a course, an aviary, = Middle Low German vlucht, Low German flugt, flight, flock of birds in flight, = Swedish flygt, flight, = Danish flugt, flight, soaring (cf. equivalent Anglo-Saxon flyge = Old High German flug, Middle High German vluc, German flug = Icelandic flugr, modern flug, flight), from Anglo-Saxon fleógan (preterit plural flugon), fly: see fly. A different word from flight, ult. from flee; but the two words have been confused.
  2. from Middle English flight, flyght, fligt, fluht (Anglo-Saxon *flyht, in this sense, not found) = OFries. flecht = Dutch vlugt, escape, = Middle Low German vlucht, Low German flugt, flight, = Old High German fluht, Middle High German vluht, G. flucht = Swedish flykt = Danish flugt, flight, escape; from Anglo-Saxon fleón (preterit plural flugon), etc., English flee. A different word from flight, ult. from fly; but the two words have been confused.
  3. from flight, n.
  4. flight, n.
 

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