HORIZONTAL TAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horizontal tail mean? 

• HORIZONTAL TAIL (noun)
  The noun HORIZONTAL TAIL has 1 sense:

1. the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft

  Familiarity information: HORIZONTAL TAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORIZONTAL TAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("horizontal tail" is a kind of...):

stabilizer (airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft)

Meronyms (parts of "horizontal tail"):

elevator (the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend)

horizontal stabiliser; horizontal stabilizer; tailplane (the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged)

Holonyms ("horizontal tail" is a part of...):

empennage; tail; tail assembly (the rear part of an aircraft)