rudder
53
3.2
- noun
- /ˈrʌdər/
:
timón
- I'll show you the rudder.
- rudder and elevator
Obviously back here in this airplane, when I push the rudder left, the rudder deflects left, I deflect right.
- Obviously back here in this airplane, when I push the rudder left, the rudder deflects left, I deflect right.
- And so when you're taxing on the ground, your rudder is used to actually make turns on the ground.
- And he explained trim tab as the fact that if you take a massive ship, the ship in order to move has got this tiny rudder at the back.
- Thus the rudder is rudder of the ruddered.
- Learn to be a bit of a of a rudder for yourself and and journal.
- Didn't have wings, didn't have rudder, a tail, anything, no rivets, nothing.
- Not to mention handle twist for immediate rudder control.
- So I try to stay constantly in control of my rudder.
- It's it's close to a Finnish word, which means rudder.
- But saying you make me feel makes you just a boat without a rudder that's being buffeted by the psychological waves.
- You're not just a ship without a sail, without a rudder, getting blown everywhere to and fro.
Examples
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But I want you and Dodge to stay on the rudder here.
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It's good to have your hand on the rudder and know when the current is moving powerfully.
Academic text (2011) -
Kick in a hair right rudder.
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Beagle, you need to use more right rudder when you dive.
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Keep your ailerons and rudder coordinated.
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And so when you're taxing on the ground, your rudder is used to actually make turns on the ground.
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Obviously back here in this airplane, when I push the rudder left, the rudder deflects left, I deflect right.
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Then he righted himself and, using the paddle as a rudder, held the boat steady in the wave.
Fiction book (2001) -
Rolling his ship and applying some rudder, he arrowed straight in at the freighter.
Fiction book (1998) -
The captain turned the rudder to navigate the ship safely through the narrow channel.
Synonyms
1
6.6
A movable part on a plane that the pilot moves to steer or keep it steady
A flat vertical part at the back of a boat or plane that moves to steer it
Compounds
- Specialized
A flat vertical part at the back of a boat or plane that moves to steer it
How Complex
- Specialized
8
3.3
- Specialized
1
4.1
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
4
7.0
53
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rudder comes from an old word for an oar, because long ago ships were steered with a big oar at the back to 'steer'. That's why a rudder is the flat part at the rear that helps you change direction on a boat or an airplane.