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Control surface

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airfoilnounA wing of an aircraft.
aerofoilnounBritish standard form of airfoil. [A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.]
surfacenounThe overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
elevatornoun(Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
diving planenoun(nautical) A moveable control surface on a submarine, used to control the depth and pitch of the submarine.
flight controlnoun(aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
trim tabnoun(aviation, nautical) A control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces (e.g., ailerons and rudders).
ruddervatornoun(aviation) A hinged control surface combining the functions of rudder and elevator.
decknoun(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
elevonnoun(aviation) A movable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control.
control sticknoun(aviation) A joystick.
jetevatornoun(aerospace) A control surface used to redirect the exhaust from a rocket and thus change its direction of thrust.
compound controlnoun(aviation) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
flight controllernoun(aviation) An air traffic controller
trimnoun(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
control armnoun(automotive) A nearly flat and roughly triangular suspension member that pivots in two places.
controlnoun(countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
actuatornounA usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
collectiveFormed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
pushrodnoun(automotive) A rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.

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