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sesquiplane

American  
[ses-kwi-pleyn] / ˈsɛs kwɪˌpleɪn /

noun

Aeronautics.

  1. a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.

Etymology

Origin of sesquiplane

sesqui- + plane 1

Example Sentences

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Down and into Dallas's Love field, busiest airport of the southwest, slipped Coste's red sesquiplane "Point d'lnterrogation" last week at the end of a 1,700-mi. flight from New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Roma is the huge Bellanca sesquiplane which C. Sabelli was to fly to Rome last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Typical of France's oversea air condition is the 40-ton French sesquiplane, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, built in 1934 and now an old-fashioned monster.

From Time Magazine Archive

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