WING FLAP

  

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WING FLAP

Specialty Definition: WING FLAP

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Transportation

Movable surface forming part of leading or trailing edge of aerofoil, especially of wing, able to hinge downwards, swing down and forwards, translate aft on tracks or in some other way alter wing camber, cross-section and area in order to exert powerful effect on low-speed lift and drag. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: WING FLAP

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Business

This center is equipped to repair and overhaul power flight control mechanisms, wing flap carriage fittings and assemblies, hydraulic servo actuators and valves, hydraulic pumps, pressure vessels, propellers, wheels and brakes and to conduct flexible hose pressure test and manufacture. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: WING FLAP

Language Translations for "WING FLAP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vingeplastik (wing flap plasty). (various references)

   

French

  

volet de courbure. (various references)

   

German

  

Wölbungsklappe (flap, plain flap), Landeklappe (flap). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fékszárny (flap, wing-flap). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ipersostentatore alare (flap). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

下'翼 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さ'よく. (various references)

   

Manx

  

flap skian. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ingway apflay

   

Russian 

  

крыльевой закрылок. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

flap de ala (flap). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: WING FLAP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-l-n-p-w"

-1 letter: flawing, lapwing.

-2 letters: lawing, paling, pawing, waling.

-3 letters: algin, align, aping, awing, fagin, final, fling, lapin, liang, ligan, linga, pilaf, pilaw, plain, wigan.

-4 letters: agin, alif, anil, fail, fain, fang, fawn, fila, flag, flan, flap, flaw, flip, gain, gawp, glia, gnaw, lain, lang, lawn, ling, lipa, naif, nail, nipa, pail, pain, pang, pawl, pawn.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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