airframe
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌfreɪm/
- Specialized
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estructura del avión
- The airframe must be strong enough to withstand the forces during flight.
- airframe components
No, I've never actually worked on that airframe, OK.
- No, I've never actually worked on that airframe, OK.
- These protect the aircraft airframe from the barrels of the gun.
Examples
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NARRATOR: These tests subject the airframe wing and fuselage to repetitive bending and pressurizing cycles equivalent to 165,000 flights.
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Over 70 percent of the A350 XWB's airframe is made from advanced materials.
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We'll start with test models Of the airframe.
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We will go beyond the airframe.
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Not so with instruments and other appliances that were part of the airframe or engine production certificate.
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Taiwan and South Korea are competitors in many airframe parts.
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Micro engines can be more highly integrated with the vehicle airframe, potentially allowing a form of flow control that could reduce drag.
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You know, the airframe is the lightest and most efficient construction in aluminum.
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The company is making portions of helicopter airframes for Sikorsky.
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At one point, more than 80 factories in the United States turned out airframes and airplane components, from propellers to engines.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
183
2.5
A strong structure that holds a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture
How Complete
- Specialized
4
6.7
- Specialized
1
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Airframe joins air ('the sky') and frame ('a structure that holds things together'), so you can think of it as the main structure that keeps a plane's body in shape. That's why airframe means the aircraft's body and outer covering, the parts that make up its structure and not the engines or other equipment.