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Meanings of tail fin in English
Catalan
aleta caudal A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane.
Synonyms
Examples for "fin"
Examples for "fin"
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It's also possible that the lymphatic system gives fish better fin control.
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And China plans to phase out shark fin soup in official banquets.
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The fin de siècle versewright became silent and lighted a fresh cigarette.
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Iceland resumed its commercial hunting of fin whales after a two-year suspension.
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Remove the tail and check the bottom fin for any meat left.
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A photograph from the Iran Student News Agency showed a charred tailfin lying on the ground.
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The spaceship-styled jet sports the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union on its giant tailfin.
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World land speed record holder Andy Green explains the importance of the tailfin to our science correspondent Jonathan Amos.
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Only the tailfin remained intact.
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Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean will feature on the tailfin of Norwegian Air International aircraft flying transatlantic routes from the Republic this summer.
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The fourth fin, a vertical stabilizer, remains fixed.
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As the helicopter accelerated, air started rushing ever faster around the vertical stabilizer, bullying it from side to side.
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He hauled a hefty piece of the vertical stabilizer-sixpounds, he reckoned-tothe machine and jammed it into the gnashing teeth.
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The Lilium does away with the sort of tools that conventional planes use to control their movement, including the vertical stabilizer, ailerons, or elevator.
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The damage to the fuselage just in front of the vertical stabilizer appears to be significant, exposing the internal structure within the composite fuselage.
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It says the helicopter's vertical stabiliser detached, causing the aircraft to roll and crash.
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The rudder flutter resulted in the separation of the rudder and the vertical stabiliser.
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A key challenger to Britain's monopoly in wings is Spain, where Airbus has commissioned the vertical stabilisers for the A400M military plane due in 2009.
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The wings go on, along with the vertical fin, or tail.
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He reported that it had no vertical fin or wings.
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It was decided, therefore, to turn the vertical fin at the rear into a rudder by making it movable.
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The vertical fin was composed of two parts, one above and the other below the centre line of the ship.
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The horizontal fins with the elevator flaps, and the vertical fin with the rudder flap, are fixed to the ridges of the envelope.
Usage of tail fin in English
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The distinctive blue livery and tail fin remain to this day.
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Shots of the tail fin of a Virgin plane have also been obscured.
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The tail fin had probably lain right next to it.
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It was all gone but the tail fin, covered with a 20-foot wooden scaffold.
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Seen in the right light, yellow reef fish become spotty pains in the tail fin.
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But its tail fin is in the horizontal plane and its internal structure shows its ancestry.
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Best for: Travellers who like creature comforts, traditional airports and a shamrock on the tail fin.
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It's got a wider, higher rear wing that's connected to the roof by a tail fin.
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He climbed to the exit port and went clumsily down the exterior ladder to the tail fin.
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Only the aircraft's tail fin was more or less intact, standing upright but leaning at an angle.
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A photograph from the Iranian Student News Agency showed a charred tail fin lying on the ground.
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The hunt came after the mangled tail fin of the Airbus jet was lifted from the sea on Saturday.
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The Umiau had the lower body of a fish, silvery-blue scales going down to a flat, divided tail fin.
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And if the computer is paired with a shark, you can totally make that thing shake its tail fin.
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You get the fenders, the single tail fin but the details and the highlights come from the classic 1966 Batmobile.
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In others the tail fin is unsymmetric: the backbone runs into the upper lobe, leaving the two lobes of unequal size.