flyover

UK: /ˈflaɪəʊvə^r/ US: (flī′ō′vər)

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fly•o•ver  (flī′ō′vər), n. 

1. Aeronautics a formation of aircraft in flight for observation from the ground, esp. a prearranged, low-altitude flight over a public gathering.
2. a flight over a simulated target by a bomber or bombing planes.
3. a flight over a specified area, as for viewing:
   We booked a one-hour flyover of the Grand Canyon.
4. the action of passing or flying overhead:
   rumors of another UFO flyover.
5. British Terms an overhead crossing, esp. a highway overpass.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase fly over 1900–05

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flyover / ˈflaɪˌəʊvə/ noun

1. Also called: overpass an intersection of two roads at which one is carried over the other by a bridge
2. the US name for fly-past