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HORIZONTAL TAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horizontal tail" is a kind of...):
stabilizer (airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft)
Meronyms (parts of "horizontal tail"):
elevator (the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend)
horizontal stabiliser; horizontal stabilizer; tailplane (the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged)
Holonyms ("horizontal tail" is a part of...):
empennage; tail; tail assembly (the rear part of an aircraft)
