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horizontal stabilizer

noun Aeronautics.

the horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged.

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Nearby words

horizontal fissure of cerebellum, horizontal maxillary fracture, horizontal mobility, horizontal overlap, horizontal plane, horizontal stabilizer, horizontal tasting, horizontal transmission, horizontal union, horkheimer, horlicks
Also called, especially British, tail plane.
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British Dictionary definitions for horizontal stabilizer

horizontal stabilizer

noun

the US name for tailplane
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