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Monoplane
adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Composed of, or relating to, a single plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions). not-comparable
Noun
- 1 An airplane that has a single pair of wings.
"By the mid-1930s, designs for new fighters and bombers were almost all monoplane designs."
- 2 an airplane with a single wing wordnet
Verb
- 1 To fly in a monoplane. rare
Etymology
Etymology 1
From mono- + plane. The aviation sense was formed by analogy with biplane; compare French monoplan, as well as the earlier English aeroplane, multiplane, and triplane.
Etymology 2
From mono- + plane. The aviation sense was formed by analogy with biplane; compare French monoplan, as well as the earlier English aeroplane, multiplane, and triplane.
Etymology 3
From mono- + plane. The aviation sense was formed by analogy with biplane; compare French monoplan, as well as the earlier English aeroplane, multiplane, and triplane.
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