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Meaning of "empennage" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMPENNAGE

From French: feathering, from empenner to feather an arrow, from penne feather, from Latin pinna.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EMPENNAGE

ɛmˈpɛnɪdʒ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPENNAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Empennage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMPENNAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Empennage

The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, of most aircraft gives stability to the aircraft, in a similar way to the feathers on an arrow; the term derives from the French for this. Most aircraft feature empennage incorporating vertical and horizontal stabilising surfaces which stabilise the flight dynamics of pitch and yaw, as well as housing control surfaces. In spite of effective control surfaces, many early aircraft that lacked stabilising empennage were virtually unflyable. Today, only a few heavier than air aircraft are able to fly without empennage.

Definition of empennage in the English dictionary

The definition of empennage in the dictionary is the rear part of an aircraft, comprising the fin, rudder, and tailplane.

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPENNAGE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPENNAGE

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Synonyms and antonyms of empennage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «empennage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPENNAGE

Find out the translation of empennage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of empennage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «empennage» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

尾翼
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

empenaje
570 millions of speakers
en

English

empennage
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

empennage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجموعة الذيل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

оперение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

empenagem
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

empennage
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

empennage
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Empennage
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Leitwerk
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

尾部
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

미부
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Empennage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

empennage
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

empennage
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Empennage
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kuyruk bölümü
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

impennaggio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

usterzenie ogonowe
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оперення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ampenaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

empennage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

empennage
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

empennage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

empennage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of empennage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPENNAGE»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPENNAGE»

Discover the use of empennage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to empennage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flow Environment Study Near the Empennage of a 15-Percent ...
Development of advanced rotorcraft configurations has highlighted a need for high-quality experimental data to support the development of flexible and accurate analytical design tools.
Susan Althoff Gorton, 2000
2
Aircraft Design
The empennage design has considerable similarity to the wing design. Section 4.9 describes various types of empennage; here, only the conventional design with an H-tail and a V-tail are considered. Following is a stepwise approach to ...
Ajoy Kundu, 2010
3
Airplane Design: Preliminary calculation of aerodynamic, ...
4.3.3.1 Fuselage zero-lift drag coefficient 49 4.3.3.2 Fuselage drag coefficient due to lift 52 4.3.4 The Area Rule Concept 57 4.4 EMPENNAGE DRAG COEFFICIENT PREDICTION 66 4.4.1 Subsonic Empennage Drag Coefficient 66 4.4.1.1 ...
Jan Roskam, 2000
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Shell Structures, Theory and Applications: Proceedings of ...
Munk load: The destabilizing moment of an elongated body of revolution together with the stabilizing force of the empennage creates a 'dynamical' bending moment during flight. This tends to break the back of the airship. To prevent bending ...
Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz, Czeslaw Szymczak, 2005
5
Airplane Design: Preliminary configuration design and ...
Step 8.2: Determine the disposition of the empennage. Having decided on the overall empennage configuration in Step 8.1 the location of the empennage components on the airplane should now be decided. This amounts to deciding on the ...
Jan Roskam, 1997
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EMPENNAGE STRESS ANALYSIS REPORT.
This report presents the stress analysis of the Model XV-5A empennage. The structure analyzed includes the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, and the elevator and rudder.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO CINCINNATI OHIO ADVANCED ENGINE AND TECHNOLOGY Dept, 1963
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The Innovation Algorithm: TRIZ, Systematic Innovation and ...
Here is a story told by the aviation designer and business executive Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov: 'There was a very complex problem with the concept of the empennage [aircraft tail section containing vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer] ...
Genrikh Saulovich Alʹtshuller, Lev Shulyak, Steven Rodman, 1999
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Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics with CD Extra
6.7 Empennage Design The empennage on a helicopter consists of the vertical and horizontal stabilizer and related fuselage structure. A stabilizer is simply a fixed surface that produces an aerodynamic lifting force (positive or negative).
J. Gordon Leishman, 2006
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B-47 Stratojet Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
4-42. EMPENNAGE OVERHEAT WARNING LIGHT. A red empennage overheat warning light (7! figure 1-15) is on the copilot's control stand. The light will be illuminated when the empennage anti-icing control switch is “ON” and any heater  ...
United States Air Force, 2008
10
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on ...
This report describes the manufacturing processes and the facilities that are used in the fabrication of the Boeing 777 composite empennage. The Boeing 777 is the first large scale application of composites for primary structures on Boeing ...
Anoush Poursartip, Ken Street, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPENNAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term empennage is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Greener' Bluecopter breaks cover
The Bluecopter features a bearingless five-bladed main rotor system with BlueEdge curved blade tips, a modified aft section and empennage, ... «Australian Aviation, Jul 15»
2
Large Russian Aircraft Carrier Design Unveiled
... were reminiscent of a navalized version of the Sukhoi T-50 PAKFA fifth generation fighter with folding wings and empennage; AWACS aircraft ... «Aviation International News, Jul 15»
3
Airbus Helicopters Unveils Bluecopter Demonstrator
Other features include Blue Edge swept blades, a first on a rigid rotor, for increased efficiency and lower noise; a T-shaped empennage, where ... «Aviation International News, Jul 15»
4
July 7th, 2015 by Jolie Lucas
If you strengthen the engine mount, then the empennage or longerons become the weakest link. Each component has its own failure point and mode. Likewise ... «AOPA Pilot, Jul 15»
5
Travel Agent: Eight Holland America Guests Die in Alaska …
... into an area of tress before reaching the lake, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage”, the report said. «Sentinel Republic, Jun 15»
6
Plane Carrying Cruise Passengers Crashes in Alaska, 9 Dead
... into an area of tress before reaching the lake, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage," the report said. «ABC News, Jun 15»
7
Don's Thoughts: Not Again, Not In A Black Church
Advanced nation, my empennage! That is completely backwards and contrary to natural law. There are sheep, and then there are sheepdogs. «Austin American-Statesman, Jun 15»
8
Dart Jet Introduces Modular Trainer
... engine, empennage and landing gear applicable to the intended role and customer requirements. The single-engined Dart can be powered ... «Aviation International News, Jun 15»
9
Paris Air Show 2015: China close to first FTC-2000 supersonic …
... the FTC-2000 combines the engine, empennage, and mechanical controls of the twin-seat Guizhou JJ-7/FT-7, with a new wing and forward ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
10
PARIS: Greater definition emerges of A330-based Beluga
... lower-set cockpit, enlarged fuselage and modification of the empennage. There will be a “large re-use” of current A330 components, it adds. «Flightglobal, Jun 15»
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