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flaperon

American  
[flap-uh-ron] / ˈflæp əˌrɒn /

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.


Etymology

Origin of flaperon

flap + (ail)eron

Example Sentences

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And French authorities, who oversee Réunion as a territory, limited access to the flaperon and its crustacean clues.

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

France is conducting its own investigation and has not handed over the Reunion Island flaperon to the wider investigation.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2017

He said the fact the flaperon had apparently been deployed for landing also indicated that someone was piloting the plane when it hit the ocean.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2016

Based on the experience of the flaperon, Dolan warns to “not have too many expectations”: even if it is found to be from MH370, it would not necessarily lead to the plane.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016

But a team of investigators led by Alain Gaudino, a French counterterrorism judge examining the flaperon at a military laboratory near Toulouse, isn’t yet certain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 7, 2015