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tailplane
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Noun tailplane has 1 sense
- tailplane(n = noun.artifact) horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer - the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged; Array is a kind of aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface
is a part of horizontal tail
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