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HORIZONTAL STABILIZER

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

• HORIZONTAL STABILIZER (noun)

Sense 1

horizontal stabilizer ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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 ("horizontal stabilizer" 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 ("horizontal stabilizer" is a part of...):

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

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