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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A single-wing configuration in the shape of an isosceles triangle used on certain aircraft.

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  • noun aeronautics An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isoceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft

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  • noun an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle

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