stealth n : avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealing]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlθ

Noun

1. the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
2. In the context of "archaic|countable": an act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery
   • 1877, George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:

     [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

Related terms

• steal

Derived terms

• stealth bomber
• stealthy

Translations

• Finnish: salamyhkäisyys, salakähmäisyys
• French: furtif
• Kurdish: dizîkî, nehînî

Stealth may refer to:

• Stealth technology, technology used to conceal ships, aircraft, and missiles
• Stealth aircraft, aircraft which use stealth technology
• Stealth ship, ships which use stealth technology
• Stealth mode, secretive business behavior
• Stealth virus
• Stealth virus (computers)
• Stealth (transgender)

• Stealth (film), a 2005 action/adventure thriller starring Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel.
• Stealth (roller coaster), at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom
• Stealth (webcomic), a webcomic created, written and drawn by William Satterwhite
• Stealth game, a genre of video games
• Mitsubishi GTO also known as the Dodge Stealth, a sports car
• San Jose Stealth, an NLL lacrosse team
• Stealth Recording Studios in Glasgow, Scotland
• Stealth B6, a British built sports car
• Borg Assimilator, a Great America roller coaster formerly known as STEALTH

See also:

• Leo Stoller, who claims "Stealth" as a trademark

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