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stealth
(stĕlth)n.
1. The act of moving, proceeding, or acting in a covert way.
2. The quality or characteristic of being furtive or covert.
3. Obsolete The act of stealing.
adj.
1. Not disclosing one's true ideology, affiliations, or positions: a stealth candidate.
2. Having or providing the ability to prevent detection by radar: a stealth bomber; stealth technology.
[Middle English stelth, probably from Old English *stǣlth.]
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stealth
(stɛlθ)n
1. the act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness, esp so as to avoid detection: the stealth of a cat.
2. cunning or underhand procedure or dealing
3. archaic the act of stealing
[C13 stelthe; see steal, -th1]
ˈstealthful adj
Stealth
(stɛlθ)n
(Aeronautics) (modifier) informal denoting or referring to technology that aims to reduce the radar, thermal, and acoustic recognizability of aircraft and missiles
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stealth
(stɛlθ)n.
1. secret or surreptitious procedure or passage.
2. Obs.
adj. a. an act of stealing; theft.
b. the thing stolen; booty.
3. surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged: a stealth hiring of the competitor's CEO; the stealth issue of the Presidential race.
4. (often cap.) having or providing the capacity to evade detection by radar: Stealth planes; stealth technology.
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stealth
noun secrecy, furtiveness, slyness, sneakiness, unobtrusiveness, stealthiness, surreptitiousness Both sides advanced by stealth.
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stealth
nounThe act of proceeding slowly, deliberately, and secretly to escape observation:
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stealth
(stelθ) noun a secret manner of acting. If I can't get what I want openly, I get it by stealth.
ˈstealthy adjective acting, or done, with stealth. stealthy footsteps.
ˈstealthily adverbˈstealthiness noun
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