Definition of Elevon

1. Noun. a moveable surface at the trailing edge of a tailless airplane (such as the space shuttle) that provides pitch and roll control ¹

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Definition of Elevon

1. a type of airplane control surface [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elevon

elevenpence
elevenpenny
elevens
elevenses
elevensies
eleventeen
eleventeenth
eleventh
eleventh cranial nerve
eleventh grade
eleventh grades
eleventh hour
eleventhly
elevenths
eleventy
elevon (current term)
elevons
elextrometry
elf
elf cup
elfdom
elfe
elfed
elfen
elfhood
elfhoods
elfin
elfin facies
elfin saddle
elfin safety

Literary usage of Elevon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"There are elevon parish churches in the city :—St Helen's, the oldest, was rebuilt in 1820; St Albans, ancient, partially restored in 1850 ; All Saints, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1847)
"An insect with elevon legs is swimming in your tea-cup, a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small-beer, or a caterpillar with several dozen ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1876)
"... she haveing her hand upon his shoulder, about elevon hours in the forenoon, and that he never saw any other ill appearance betwixt her and him. Sic sub. ..."

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