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empennage

[ ahm-puh-nahzh, em-; French ahn-pe-nazh ]

noun

plural empennages
  1. the rear part of an airplane or airship, usually comprising the stabilizer, elevator, vertical fin, and rudder.


empennage

/ ɑ̃pɛnaʒ; ɛmˈpɛnɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the rear part of an aircraft, comprising the fin, rudder, and tailplane
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of empennage1

1905–10; < French: literally, feathering, equivalent to empenn ( er ) to feather an arrow ( em- em- 1 + -penner, derivative of penne feather; pen 1 ) + -age -age
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of empennage1

C20: from French: feathering, from empenner to feather an arrow, from penne feather, from Latin pinna
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There were 500 people each involved in two joint ventures set up for the production of the empennage and the cabin.

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Another team, Mamba, described their eponymous vehicle as “a hexcopter emphasizing safety, certifiability, and performance. Shrouded rotors and a tilting empennage are incorporated.”

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I'm shaking already, like a hula-hula dancer's empennage.

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His idea embodied 'everything'—the wings forming an oblique sail, the empennage, the spindle forms to diminish resistance, the screw-propeller, the 'explosion' motor,... he even described a means of securing automatic stability.

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