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An anemometer that combines a propeller and a tail on the same axis to measure wind speed and direction.
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A cowl shaped and positioned to draw air into the engine of a moving vehicle or aircraft
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(aviation) A pod, protuberance, or swelling used to adjust the variation in an aircraft's cross-sectional area along its length so as to better conform to the area rule, reducing wave drag at transonic speeds.
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To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
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(aviation) Synonym of boom path
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A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.
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(aviation) An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
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A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
adj
Fitted with a canard or wing-like structure.
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In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
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A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
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A contrail; a visible line of condensation flowing from the edge of an airplane wing or similar structure.
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(aeronautics) An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
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(aviation) Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other.
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(dated) A leading edge of an airfoil which can move as a unit to adjust camber.
adj
registered with a particular country (and thus flying its flag)
adj
Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).
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(aviation, American football) A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.
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(aviation) a forward-swept wing aircraft
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(transitive, aerospace) To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
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Alternative form of gullwing. [(of a door, flap, wings etc.) Resembling a gull's wings.]
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One of a pair of doors, as of an aircraft, resembling a gull's wings when open.
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Alternative form of gyrocompass [A north-seeking form of gyroscope used as a directional reference in navigation.]
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A north-seeking form of gyroscope used as a directional reference in navigation.
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Alternative form of gyro (“Greek sandwich”) [A gyroscope.]
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An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.
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A device for stabilizing using a gyroscope.
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(British spelling) alternative form of gyrostabilizer [A device for stabilizing using a gyroscope.]
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A device for stabilizing using a gyroscope.
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An amphibious hovercraft.
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The distance between the tips of the legs of a spider furthest from each other - generally diagonally
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A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
adj
Attached to and descending from the wing of an aircraft.
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(aviation) On the wing(s) of an aircraft.
adj
Over the wing of an aircraft.
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The propeller of an aircraft.
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Byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
adj
Fitted with a propeller or propellers.
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Nonstandard spelling of propeller. [One who, or that which, propels.]
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Alternative form of quadrofoil [(nautical) A hydrofoil (vessel) that has four wings]
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(nautical) A hydrofoil (vessel) that has four wings
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(aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
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(aviation) The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
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(aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
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A device that translates input from a helicopter's controls into motion of the main rotor blades.
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(aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
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The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.
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(aviation) A wing that is angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from its point of attachment to the fuselage, so that the wingtip is located further aft or forward than the wing root.
adj
Alternative form of sweptwing [(of an aircraft) Having sweptback wings.]
adj
(of an aircraft) Having sweptback wings.
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The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
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A fin on the tail of an aircraft, vertical stabilizer
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A wing with which the air is beaten.
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(aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
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(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
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An approach to addressing a problem whose effectiveness is doubtful.
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A support strut on for the wing of an airplane.
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(aviation, historical) an early system for lateral (roll) control on a fixed-wing aircraft, involving the flexing of the wing to achieve movement.
adj
Obsolete spelling of winged [Having wings.]
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(slang, military) Wing Commander
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(computing, trademark) A dingbat font in which each character is represented by an unrelated symbol.
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(idiomatic, literary, chiefly in the plural) A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.
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(fandom slang) Fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
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(literary) Stability of the wings in flying; a seeming purchase of the air made by a flying bird.
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(aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
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(usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
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The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft.
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Alternative form of wing walker [A person who undertakes wing walking]
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An aircraft wing design with two wings making an X form in the horizontal plane.
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Alternative letter-case form of y-wing [(sudoku) A three-cell combination in a sudoku grid which allows the elimination of a candidate in a fourth cell.]
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(rare) Alternative spelling of gyro (Greek sandwich) [A gyroscope.]
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