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EMPENNAGE

• EMPENNAGE (noun)
The noun EMPENNAGE has 1 sense:

1. the rear part of an aircraft

Familiarity information: EMPENNAGE used as a noun is very rare.

• EMPENNAGE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The rear part of an aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

empennage; tail assembly; tail

Hypernyms ("empennage" is a kind of...):

back; rear (the side that goes last or is not normally seen)

Meronyms (parts of "empennage"):

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

stabilizer (airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft)

vertical tail (the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft)

Holonyms ("empennage" is a part of...):

fuselage (the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo))

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