Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In printing, a strip of wood or metal laid at the side of a form in a chase, or of type in a galley, having a taper corresponding to that of the quoins driven between it. and the chase or galley in locking up.
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Examples
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Instead of a steering-wheel-like control yoke, the Eclipse 500 is driven by a sidestick controller that looks and behaves like those used in computer games.
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Instead of a control yoke on a central column, the pilots of the Eclipse 500 use a sidestick controller similar to the joystick used in some computer games.
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His gaze takes in the horizon once again as he uses the sidestick to bring the nose up, stopping at ten degrees down.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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He moves the sidestick controller to follow, startled when the Earth swims back into view.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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He moves the sidestick controller to follow, startled when the Earth swims back into view.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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Kip positions his hand on the sidestick controller, fanning his fingers and waiting as he forces from his mind the fatalistic “reality” that the motor will not fire.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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Kip positions his hand on the sidestick controller, fanning his fingers and waiting as he forces from his mind the fatalistic “reality” that the motor will not fire.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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His gaze takes in the horizon once again as he uses the sidestick to bring the nose up, stopping at ten degrees down.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
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In one of the test flights he flew in the T-33, Armstrong inadvertently broke off the experimental sidestick installed in the airplane.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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Armstrong managed to land safely, the few control difficulties related to operating the new type of trim tab that had just been installed on his sidestick controller.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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