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HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horizontal stabilizer mean?
• HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (noun)
The noun HORIZONTAL STABILIZER has 1 sense:
1. the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
Familiarity information: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
horizontal stabiliser; horizontal stabilizer; tailplane
Hypernyms ("horizontal stabilizer" is a kind of...):
aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)
Holonyms ("horizontal stabilizer" is a part of...):
horizontal tail (the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft)
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