aileron

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
2. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

Sinonieme

stabilizer

scale

spoiler

squama

lobulus

squamula

squamule

half gable

alula

squame

Vertalings

alettone

alerón

aileron

Querruder

alerone

aileron

rolroer

aleró

kanatçık

aileron

válvula para dar movimento rotativo ao avião

πηδάλιο κλίσης

stuurvlak

vleugelklep

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈeɪləɹɒn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.