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Further aft is another larger car which contains an auxiliary control position and two engines It will thus be seen that five engines are installed in the ship; these are all of the same type and horse-power, namely, 250 horse-power Sunbeam.

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  1. adverb At, in, toward, or close to the stern of a vessel or the rear of an aircraft or spacecraft.

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  • This model had a retractable airbrake mounted well aft, almost underneath the exhaust nozzles, and the undercarriage folded backward and inward instead of forward and inward: there were also six underwing missile pylons, which had been adapted to sling centre-line fuel tanks to complement the wing pods. —  The Sinkiang Executive
  • In the engine spaces aft, the submarine's engineer crew kept watch on their instruments as the reactor plant turned out an even 10-percent power. —  Red Storm Rising
  • Further aft is another larger car which contains an auxiliary control position and two engines It will thus be seen that five engines are installed in the ship; these are all of the same type and horse-power, namely, 250 horse-power Sunbeam. —  British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
  • Further aft is another larger car which contains an auxiliary control position and two engines. —  British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
  • A jeering message beamed aft, and escape from —  Inconstant Star
 

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  1. Middle English afte, back, from Old English æftan, behind; see apo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English *aft, *afte, *aften, from Anglo-Saxon æftan, behind, in the rear. from Gothic (Moesogothic) aftana, from behind, from afta, behind, back; forms developed from the comparative, Anglo-Saxon æfter = Gothic (Moesogothic) aftra: see after, and cf. Icelandic aptr (pronounced and formerly spelled aftr), back, backward, aft.
 

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