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Definition of Biplane
1. Noun. Old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other.
Definition of Biplane
1. n. An aëroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other.
2. a. Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aërocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane; as, a biplane rudder.
Definition of Biplane
1. Noun. (aviation) An airplane that has two pairs of wings, one above the other ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biplane
1. a type of airplane [n -S] - See also: airplane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biplane
Literary usage of Biplane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"Short Two=Motor biplane. Although the Gould Scientific American prize of 815000
for a ... M. Legrand, the French engineer, has brought out a racing biplane ..."
2. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"Scale Drawings of Wright biplane 892 186.—Side Vlew of Wright Machine 394
187.—Three-Quarters Vlew of Wright Machine 894 188.—Rear Vlew of Wright Machine ..."
3. How it Flies: Or, The Conquest of the Air; the Story of Man's Endeavors to by Richard Ferris (1910)
"IN the many contests for prizes and records, two types of flying machines have
won distinctive places for themselves — the biplane and the monoplane. ..."
4. Building and Flying an Aeroplane by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"biplane vs. Monoplane. It requires only a glance at Table III to show that the
greater number of accidents have happened to the biplane, yet the latter is ..."
5. Aeronautical Engineering and Airplane Design by Alexander Klemin, Thomas Henri Huff (1918)
"The main conclusions from these experiments are: (I.) At the stalling angles such
as 16 degrees the triplane and biplane give nearly the same maximum lift; ..."
6. The Curtiss Aviation Book by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, Augustus Post (1912)
"CHAPTER HA DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS biplane NO type of aeroplane is more ...
The machine is of the general type known as "biplane," in which there are two ..."
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