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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 hingedplay

  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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