Tail-flap
1Flap back — or blowback is a phenomenon affecting the rotor of a helicopter as it overcomes dissymmetry of lift through flapping. In forward flight, rotor blades experience more lift as they rotate forward. This increased lift is a result of an increased… …
2flap — [n1] winged or extended part of an object accessory, adjunct, appendage, apron, cover, drop, fly, fold, hanging, lapel, lobe, lug, overlap, pendant, pendulosity, ply, queue, skirt, strip, tab, tag, tail, tippet; concepts 471,824 flap [n2]… …
3Flap consonant — In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (such as the tongue) is thrown against another. Contrast with stops and trillsThe main difference… …
4flap-footed lizard — ▪ reptile any of approximately 40 species of lizards (lizard) that make up the seven genera of the family Pygopodidae. Confined to Australia and southern New Guinea, these lizards have elongated bodies and tails, a transparent scale (or… …
5flap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tab, fly, lap, tag; fold; argument, controversy. See discord, addition. v. swing, sway, flop, beat, wave. See agitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fold, ply, tab, lapel, fly, cover, adjunct, overlap,… …
6tail — I. n. 1. Caudal appendage, hinder part. 2. Back part, lower part, inferior part. 3. End, extremity, fag end, conclusion. 4. Skirt, flap. 5. Catkin. 6. Train, retinue. 7. Horse tail, Turkish standard …
7flap — Synonyms and related words: Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, applique, argument, bag, bang, baste, batter, beat, beating, bedlam, bicker, bilge, blain, blast, bleb, blister, blob, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, boss, bother, botheration, bow,… …
8flap — n 1. tab, tail, lap, lug; leaf, skirt, apron, overhang, loop. 2. flapping, swinging, flutter; wave, undulation. 3. slap, whack, swat, smack, thwack, thump, bump; hit, swipe, flail, rap, pat, clap, tap. v 4. slap, swat, bat, whip, lash, lambaste,… …
9Cruciform tail — BAe Jetstream 31 with cruciform tail The cruciform tail is an aircraft empennage configuration which, when viewed from the aircraft s front or rear, looks much like a cross. The usual arrangement is to have the horizontal stabilizer intersect the …
10Retroflex lateral flap — The retroflex lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has no symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, but an ad hoc symbol may be easily created (see below). FeaturesFeatures of the retroflex fl * Its… …
