tailplane

Words with a similar base: tailplane

'tailplane'

[horizontal_stabilizer.n.01] as in: the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged

Origins

					tailplane (English)
├── plane (English)
│   ├── plane (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   │   └── platanus (Latin)
│   │       └── πλάτανος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│   │           └── πλατύς (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│   └── planum (Latin)
│       └── planus (Latin)
│           └── πλάνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── tail (English)
    └── tail (Middle English (1100-1500))

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