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Vertical stabilizer — [ Boeing B 29 Superfortress showing conventional single vertical stabilizer] The vertical stabilizers, or fins, of aircraft, missiles or bombs are typically found on the aft end of the fuselage or body, and are intended to control yaw.On aircraft … Wikipedia
tail fin — noun 1. a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane • Syn: ↑vertical stabilizer, ↑vertical stabiliser, ↑vertical fin, ↑tailfin • Hypernyms: ↑stabilizer • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vertical fin — noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane • Syn: ↑vertical stabilizer, ↑vertical stabiliser, ↑tail fin, ↑tailfin • Hypernyms: ↑stabilizer • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vertical stabiliser — noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane • Syn: ↑vertical stabilizer, ↑vertical fin, ↑tail fin, ↑tailfin • Hypernyms: ↑stabilizer • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vertical stabilizer — noun a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane • Syn: ↑vertical stabiliser, ↑vertical fin, ↑tail fin, ↑tailfin • Hypernyms: ↑stabilizer • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tail assembly — noun the rear part of an aircraft • Syn: ↑tail, ↑empennage • Hypernyms: ↑rear, ↑back • Part Holonyms: ↑fuselage • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tail Code — Tail codes are the markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help characterize the aircraft s unit and/or base assignment and occasionally other information that is not unique. This is not the same as the serial… … Wikipedia
Tail (disambiguation) — Tail describes the rear portion of an animal s body, especially as a flexible appendage.Tail may also refer to: * Tail (Unix), a Unix program used to display the last few lines of a file * Tails (Lisa Loeb album), a 1994 album by Lisa Loeb * Tail … Wikipedia
tail fin — ► NOUN 1) Zoology a fin at the posterior end of a fish s body. 2) a projecting vertical surface on the tail of an aircraft, housing the rudder and providing stability. 3) an upswept projection on each rear corner of a motor car, popular in the… … English terms dictionary
tail fin — tail′ fin n. 1) ich the terminal vertical fin of a fish 2) aum See under fin I, 6) • Etymology: 1675–85 … From formal English to slang
