empennages

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plural of empennage
empennage
The tail assembly of an aircraft
empennage
Aircraft tail assembly including the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, elevators, and rudders
empennage
{i} tail of an airplane (or other aircraft)
empennage
the rear part of an aircraft
empennage
French term adopted by English to describe all the tail surfaces, both horizontal and vertical, of an aeroplane Press 'Back' to return
empennage
The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path
empennages

    Hyphenation

    em·pen·nag·es

    Etymology

    [ "äm-p&-'näzh, "e ] (noun.) 1909. French, feathers of an arrow, empennage, from empenner to feather an arrow, from em- 1en- + penne feather, from Middle French; more at PEN.
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