Usually means: Electronic control system for aircraft.
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  1. fly-by-wire: Merriam-Webster
  2. fly-by-wire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fly-by-wire, fly-by-wire: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fly-by-wire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. fly-by-wire: Wiktionary
  6. fly-by-wire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. fly-by-wire: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. fly-by-wire: Dictionary.com
  9. Fly-by-wire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. fly-by-wire: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (aviation) A system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface, especially on airliners.

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