TAILPLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailplane mean? 

• TAILPLANE (noun)
  The noun TAILPLANE 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: TAILPLANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAILPLANE (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 ("tailplane" 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 ("tailplane" is a part of...):

horizontal tail (the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft)