| AEROPLANE | • aeroplane n. (Aviation) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. • aeroplane n. (Aeronautics, archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface. • aeroplane n. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes. |
| AQUAPLANE | • aquaplane n. A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment. • aquaplane v. To ride such a board. • aquaplane v. (Automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between… |
| BACKPLANE | • backplane n. (Electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each… • BACKPLANE n. the circuit board on a computer to which other circuit boards and components can be connected. |
| GYROPLANE | • gyroplane n. Any aircraft that obtains lift from both rotating blades and small wings. • gyroplane n. An autogyro. • GYROPLANE n. an airplane balanced and supported by the aerodynamic forces acting on rapidly rotating horizontal or slightly inclined airfoils, also GYROCOPTER. |
| JACKPLANE | • jackplane n. Alternative spelling of jack plane. • jack␣plane n. A general-purpose bench plane, used for general sizing of wood and for smoothing or straightening edges. • JACKPLANE n. a large woodworking plane. |
| MONOPLANE | • monoplane adj. Composed of, or relating to, a single plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions). • monoplane n. (Aviation) An airplane that has a single pair of wings. • monoplane v. (Rare) To fly in a monoplane. |
| MULTILANE | • multilane adj. (Of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction. • MULTILANE adj. having several lanes. • MULTILANE n. a highway having several lanes. |
| PENEPLANE | • peneplane n. Alternative form of peneplain. • PENEPLANE n. a low gently, rolling landscape produced by long-continued erosion, also PENEPLAIN. |
| ROTAPLANE | • rotaplane n. An aircraft which creates lift by means of rotors. • ROTAPLANE n. a rotor plane. |
| SAILPLANE | • sailplane n. (Aircraft) A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage. • sailplane v. To fly in a sailplane. • SAILPLANE n. a glider that can rise with an upward current. |
| TAILPLANE | • tailplane n. A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated… • TAILPLANE n. a small horizontal wing at the tail of an aircraft. |
| TAXIPLANE | • taxiplane n. An airplane that can be hired to transport people, like a taxi. • TAXIPLANE n. an aircraft that is available for hire. |