AILERON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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