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  1. n. the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft

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  • “Their job that day was to take the number two D-558-2 research airplane up to an altitude of a little over 30,000 feet and then drop it so HSFS research pilot Jack McKay could take it through a flight investigation of its vertical tail loads.”

    Simon & Schuster: First Man

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. aerofoil
  1. surface
  1. control surface
  1. airfoil

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. protocercal
  2. stegurous
  1. aeroplane
  2. tail fin
  1. tailfin
  2. vertical fin
  1. vertical stabiliser
  2. vertical stabilizer
  1. vertical tail
  2. empennage
  1. rudder
  2. halodrominæ
  1. whale

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