Monoplane

Word MONOPLANE
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Definitions and meanings of "Monoplane"

What do we mean by monoplane?

An airplane with only one pair of wings. noun

A flying-machine or a gliding-machine which depends for sustention upon a single aeroplane (surface) or upon a single pair of aeroplanes laterally disposed. In a flying-machine of this type, M. Louis Bleriot crossed the English Channel, July 25, 1909. See aëroplane, n., 2. noun

An airplane that has a single pair of wings noun

An airplane with a single wing noun

An airplane that has a single pair of wings

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The word "monoplane" in example sentences

Perhaps I should if I were using the biplane, but a monoplane is a one-man show -- if you want to get the last foot of lift out of it. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1992)

His monoplane was a fast machine, and the flight across Channel would have taken him less than half an hour. ❋ Claude Grahame-White (1919)

The monoplane, which is much nearer the bird type, has also sounded wing ends, made not so much for the purpose of imitating the wing of the bird, as for structural reasons. ❋ Unknown (1915)

-- From a spectacular standpoint a monoplane is the ideal flying machine. ❋ Unknown (1915)

-- The only form which has met with any success is the aeroplane, which, in practice, is made in two distinct forms, one with a single set of supporting planes, in imitation of birds, and called a monoplane; and the other having two wings, one above the other, and called the bi-plane, or two-planes. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Originally the monoplane was the type generally employed by experimenters, such as Lilienthal, and others. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Now, modern warfare has taught us that the most effective assailant of the monoplane is a biplane. ❋ Samuel Hopkins Adams (1914)

When a man like Curtiss, who has attained great success with biplanes, gives serious attention to the monoplane form of construction and goes so far as to build and successfully operate a single surface machine, it may be taken for granted that the monoplane is a fixture in this country. ❋ Unknown (1912)

This results in the biplane being more compact and therefore more readily manipulated than the monoplane, which is an important item for a novice. ❋ Unknown (1912)

The monoplane is the more simple in construction and, where weight-sustaining capacity is not a prime requisite, may probably be found the most convenient. ❋ Unknown (1912)

Old Schmidt in his monoplane was the next off -- the crowd howling with mirth as the queer green contrivance scuttled over the ground in a series of spasmodic hops, just like its grasshopper namesake. ❋ John Henry Goldfrap (1898)

I were using the biplane, but a monoplane is a one-man show -- if you want to get the last foot of life out of it. ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

He said, "For a high-speed fighter, the monoplane is the only answer. ❋ Gallico, Paul (1959)

In great curves the monoplane followed upward, higher and higher into the blue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His right wing caught it first – a sudden, sharp puff that lifted and tilted the monoplane and threatened to capsize it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dropping swiftly and piling up an abrupt air-cushion, the monoplane landed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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