tailfin

Examples

• All

• And my one tailfin...

  The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

• The tailfin of the aircraft was damaged during the storm, causing it to require extensive repairs.

• Robotic arms place the tailfin and the wings on the plane and then add the engines.

  Academic text (2007)

• A great black hole gaped open, a perfect oval sliced cleanly across the curve of a tailfin.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The easiest way to distinguish early P-51s from P-40s (for me) is to look at the tailfin.

  Blog text (34)

• He traveled American-flag carriers mainly for that reason, certainly not because he liked the sight of the Stars and Stripes on the tailfins of the aircraft.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Engineers carefully designed the tailfin to enhance the plane's stability in flight.

Synonyms

T

tail fin

vstailfin

• Specialized

1 4.2

A vertical surface at the plane's tail that helps keep it steady in flight

is the single word modern form rather than the spaced variant

V

vertical fin

vstailfin

• Specialized

1 4.3

A flat upright part on an airplane tail that keeps the plane pointing straight

is specifically the rear stabilizing fin forming part of the tail structure

V

vertical tail

vstailfin

• Specialized

1 6.0

The upright fin on a plane's tail that keeps it pointed straight

is focused on the fin as a rear stabilizer rather than the aerodynamic term

V

vertical stabilizer

vstailfin

• Specialized

1 5.9

Upright part of an airplane tail that helps keep the plane pointing straight during flight

is a fin at the tail rear stressing stabilizing function rather than general part

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology