empennage

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The tail assembly of an aircraft.
2. The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path.

Synoniemen

tail assembly

tail

tail fin

tailpiece

tail-plane

tail unit

rear fin

hindquarters

caudal alae

rear

Vertalingen

impennaggio

Leitwerk

queue

rabo

traseiro

Empenagem

cola

parte trasera

lado trasero

cua

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empennage

Empennage

Etymologie (Engels)

From French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).