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AILERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aileron mean?
• AILERON (noun)
The noun AILERON has 1 sense:
1. an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Familiarity information: AILERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An airfoil that controls lateral motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("aileron" 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 ("aileron" is a part of...):
wing (one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane)
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